She began contributing poems to periodicals at the age of twenty and was quickly discovered by Einar Benediktsson and Þorsteinn Erlingsson, who hailed her as a star of neo-romanticism. Her first volume of poetry, Kvæði (Poems; 1909) consists of lyrical nature poetry, contrasting the neo-romantic dream of freedom with the virtues of hard work while some metaphors suggest the oppressed condition of women.
At twenty years old, she began submitting her poems to periodicals and was swiftly identified by Einar Benediktsson and Þorsteinn Erlingsson as a rising star in neo-romanticism. Her first poetry book, titled Kvæði (Poems; 1909), featured lyrical nature poems that juxtaposed the neo-romantic ideal of freedom with the virtues of hard work, though some metaphors suggested women's subjugation.