Edna St Vincent Millay, also known as E.Vincent Millay, was born on February 22, 1892, in Rockland, Maine, and died on October 19, 1950, in Austerlitz, New York, at the age of 58. She was an American lyrical poet, who wrote under the pseudonym, Nancy Boyd. As a child, she referred to herself as Vincent, hence, that was her nickname and all acquaintances addressed her by that name. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1923. Millay is best known as one of the most respected American poets
written by skilled poets. Anne Bradstreet and Edna St. Vincent Millay are two remarkable examples. Bradstreet was a Puritan who lived in New England during colonial America. Millay was an active feminist who lived through both World War One and World War Two. I will be comparing their poems through the process of analyzing the tone, theme, and then state if the author could write each other’s poem or a man. Both authors have written great poems about love. Each poem has its own tone. The tone of Millay’s
Comparison of Two Poems about Love The poem “What lips my lips have kissed” (Milley 906) is a poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1923. In this poem the speaker is reflecting about her experiences with all her past lovers, necessity and the overall power of love. She is now filled with thoughts of her past lovers, and her regrets how she treated them. In comparison, the poem “Meeting at Night” (Browning 905) written by Robert Browning in 1845. Some say might it is about his love experiences with Elizabeth
Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and play writer. She lived from 1892-1950 and was married to Eugen Jan Boissevian between 1923 and 1949. Edna had also been in a movie called Hitler’s Madman. Anne Bradstreet the author of the second poem was the first poet and female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. Anne was born in 1612 and lived to 1672. Her spouse which she married in 1628 was Simon Bradstreet. Both of these poets were born in completely different
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and Edna St. Vincent’s poem Journey establish a sense of regret in the reader for every past decision they previously faced and the curiosity of how the untraveled path may have altered their life, through the utilization of a variety of literary devices. Many poems from various eras portray the underlying tribulations of the journey of life not just the destination or present state of existence. By comparing and contrasting correlations between these poems we
The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 8-26-15 One of the first poems listed in my book is First Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay and the first line of that poem says, “My candle burns at both ends”. I’ve heard that phrase before but never really thought about it. However, I think it applies to me so much right now because this is my senior year and I’m taking college level classes and the workload is picking up. I’m thinking hard about what I want to do in my future, and between school