{"id":2884,"date":"2026-07-08T17:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:02:42","slug":"endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners\/","title":{"rendered":"endeavoured to imitate her manners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1586\" height=\"2489\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The original text is predominantly obscured with dark gray marker, and various torn images and magazine clippings have been pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left visible and highlighted in peach, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.\" class=\"wp-image-2885\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1.jpg 1586w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1-768x1205.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1-979x1536.jpg 979w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1-1305x2048.jpg 1305w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1-940x1475.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/endeavoured-to-imitate-her-manners-1-400x628.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1586px) 100vw, 1586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Smilka Apodaca Seruin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">endeavoured to imitate her manners,<br>even now she<br>was occu-<br>pied in<br>her most anxious affection. Poor<br>her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">neglected daughter,<br>troubled; she began to think<br>judgment from heaven<br>was a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mother. Poor girl! she wept<br>she was much altered since<br>a winning mildness<br>was her residence<br>poor woman<br>She sometimes begged<br>to forgive unkindness, but<br>caused the death of her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">peace for ever. She<br>returned to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">little<br>wish of<br>sweet laughing eyes, and<br>smiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a pretty little<br>wish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Smilka Apodaca Seruin endeavoured to imitate her manners,even now shewas occu-pied inher most anxious affection. Poorher. neglected daughter,troubled; she began to thinkjudgment from heavenwas a mother. Poor girl! she weptshe was much altered sincea winning mildnesswas her residencepoor womanShe sometimes beggedto forgive unkindness, butcaused the death of her peace for ever. Shereturned to her&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2884","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\/2884","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=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3221,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions\/3221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}