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, she started contributing to periodicals and was identified by Einar Benediktsson and Þorsteinn Erlingsson as a prominent figure in neo-romanticism. Her first poetry collection, Kvæði (Poems; 1909), included lyrical nature poems that contrasted the neo-romantic notion of freedom with hard work's values, while some metaphors indicated women's plight.