{"id":2732,"date":"2026-07-08T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:41:13","slug":"i-could-not-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/i-could-not-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"I could not rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1492\" height=\"2387\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 65 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The text is predominantly obscured with black marker, with visible brushstrokes. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.\" class=\"wp-image-2733\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1.jpg 1492w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1-940x1504.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-could-not-rest.22-1-400x640.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Cecilia Cho<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could not rest,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">lovely night<br>blooming and<br>motionless<br>the anguish<br>my secret<br>corpse. At first I<br>lay,<br>clasping hands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">evening<br>This picture is<br>temptation murdered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come, dearest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are all unhappy;<br>be our<br>God<br>live to witness the cruel,<br>the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mourning,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">observe the joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cecilia Cho I could not rest, lovely nightblooming andmotionlessthe anguishmy secretcorpse. At first Ilay,clasping hands with eveningThis picture istemptation murdered Come, dearest We are all unhappy;be ourGodlive to witness the cruel,the mourning, observe the joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monstermash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3165,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/3165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}