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    Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ a poet and playwright ‚ was best known for her lyrical poetry. She wrote many poems‚ on topics such as love‚ fidelity‚ erotic desire‚ and feminist issues. The part of Millay that wasn’t highly publicized is that she addressed herself as a bisexual and had many affairs with woman before her marriage. It is not said if she continued sexual involments with women after her marriage (though it is quite possible)‚ nor it is not said which of her poems are written about women

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    n the early to mid-1900’s‚ a young poet‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ released a poetry collection that won her a Pulitzer Prize. Millay‚ well known for her progressive‚ feminist views included the poem‚ “I‚ Being a Woman and Distressed”. This piece tells a story of a woman struggling with the expectations of women of that day and the sensual feelings that are a part of her human body. Millay uses diction‚ tone‚ and imagery to illustrate the dichotomy between the desires she feels and the disgust

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    Edna St. Vincent Millay’s life was limited to fifty-eight short years‚ but she clearly made a substantial impact in the literary world expressing lifestyle choices for women indicative of the societal changes precipitated during the Progressive Era. Millay and her two sisters were raised primarily by a divorced mother who was often forced to leave the girls alone as she traveled as a nurse. The marriage of Millay’s parents was destroyed by the financial recklessness of her father and it is likely

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    Free Verse Techniques Conveying Structure An Analysis of “Spring” By Edna St. Vincent Millay Composed in free verse‚ the poem “Spring” by Edna St. Vincent Millay contains many poetic elements that create a feeling of structure throughout.  As free verse challenges the conventions of writing‚ so too‚ does St. Vincent Millay’s interpretation of Spring challenge societies conventional beliefs associated with the season. Millay uses various different poetic elements of writing as effective alternatives

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    Love in different types of litrature Love is a theme that can be written and expressed in many ways‚ using many different literary devices‚ such as metaphors‚ similes‚ personification‚ allusion‚ etc. The poems‚ Sonnet 29 written by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ and Sonnet 43 written by Elizabeth Barret Browning‚ are both very different from each other as they both are conveying different messages. Sonnet 29 talks about the reality of love which is it is difficult to stick with one person‚ where

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    There are four basic necessities to sustain life: food‚ sleep‚ shelter‚ and air. Without these four things‚ humans cannot survive‚ but are living and surviving two different concepts? In Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “Love Is Not All”‚ she argues that while love does not keep us alive‚ it is the one thing in this world worth more than food‚ or shelter‚ or air. While basic necessitates for survival are wonderful‚ even they cannot overcome the human desire for love‚ shown by how the author sets up

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    Poem Comparison Essay Hove you ever wondered how it would feel to have the courage of your ancestors? In the two poems "Lineage" and "Courage" the authors Margret Walker and Edna St. Vincent Millay uses descriptive words to describe their ancestor’s abilities. There are several similarities and differences contained in these two poems. To begin‚ both of the speakers desire to acquire something that they do not have‚ but exists in their family. The speaker in "Lineage" values the fact that her grandmothers

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    Love Through the Ages "It is better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all." Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)‚ a famous poet from the modern period‚ published "Love is not all" in 1931‚ centuries after "To My Dear and Loving Husband"‚ by puritan poet Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)‚ was published in 1678. While comparing these two poems‚ one can see many similarities and differences ascribed to the different time periods they were written. "To My Dear and Loving Husband" and "Love

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    Analysis of Millay’s “Not in a silver casket cool with pearls” Edna St. Vincent Millay’s unconventional childhood‚ growing up without a father because her mom kicked him out and having to learn independence and responsibility by the age of twelve‚ influenced her poetry and shaped her as an motivated and self-sufficient individual. By the time “Vincent”‚ as she liked to be called‚ was nineteen years old‚ she already had already made a name for herself as a formidable poet. A couple discovered

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    SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF A POEM “Lament” by Edna St. Vincent Millay Listen‚ children: Your father is dead. From his old coats I’ll make you little jackets; I’ll make you little trousers From his old pants. There’ll be in his pockets Things he used to put there‚ Keys and pennies Covered with tobacco; Dan shall have the pennies To save in his bank; Anne shall have the keys To make a pretty noise with. Life must go on‚ And the dead be forgotten; Life must go on‚ Though good men die;

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