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"Renascence" is a 1912 poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, credited with introducing her to the wider world, and often considered one of her finest poems. The poem is a 200+ line lyric poem, written in the first person, broadly encompassing the relationship of an individual to humanity and nature. The narrator is contemplating a vista from a ...
(title poem first published under name E. Vincent Millay in The Lyric Year, 1912; collection includes God's World), M. Kennerley, 1917. reprinted, Books for Libraries Press, 1972. A Few Figs From Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets, F. Shay, 1920. 2nd [enlarged] Edna St. Vincent Millay (1921). A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Sonnets. F. Shay.
Millay's fame began in 1912 when, at the age of 20, she entered her poem "Renascence" in a poetry contest in The Lyric Year. The backer of the contest, Ferdinand P. Earle , chose Millay as the winner after sorting through thousands of entries, reading only two lines apiece.
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Compiled in an effort to present modern poetry in a way that would appeal to the young, Watermelon Pickle was long a standard in high school curricula, [2] and has been described as a classic. [ 3 ] The anthology consists of 114 poems, including ones by Ezra Pound , Edna St. Vincent Millay and e. e. cummings , but also ones by lesser-known poets.
Renascence may refer to: Renascence (comics) or Wind Dancer, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe "Renascence" (poem) , a 1912 poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink is a 1931 poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, written during the Great Depression. [1]The poem was included in her collection Fatal Interview, a sequence of 52 sonnets, appearing alongside other sonnets such as "I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields," and "Love me no more, now let the god depart," rejoicing in romantic language and vulnerability. [2]