Brianna+W. &+Michaela

= Edn﻿a St. Vincent Millay  =

By Brianna and Michaela


**Afternoon On A Hill** **By Edna St. Vincent Millay**

I will be the gladdest thing U nder the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes, Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass will rise. And when lights begin to show Up from the town, I will mark which one must be mine, And then start down

=Departure = BY [|EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY]  It's little I care what path I take,And where it leads it's little I care;But out of this house, lest my heart break,I must go, and off somewhere. It's little I know what's in my heart,What's in my mind it's little I know,But there's that in me must up and start,And it's little I care where my feet go. I wish I could walk for a day and a night,And find me at dawn in a desolate placeWith never the rut of a road in sight,Nor the roof of a house, nor the eyes of a face. I wish I could walk till my blood should spout,And drop me, never to stir again,On a shore that is wide, for the tide is out,And the weedy rocks are bare to the rain. But dump or dock, where the path I takeBrings up, it's little enough I care;And it's little I'd mind the fuss they'll make,Huddled dead in a ditch somewhere. //"Is something the matter, dear," she said,////"That you sit at your work so silently?"////"No, mother, no, 'twas a knot in my thread.////There goes the kettle, I'll make the tea."// ** Which Way to go?-By Brianna Wang ** On one side I see the skies and the grounds, With many choices in scattered mounds. To follow the way that feels just right, And to feel the freedom with all my might.

On the other side I see a mother and her nest, Waiting to say what is for the best. Holding on to them so very tight, Until they are ready to finally take flight.

Now is the time to finally decide, To choose now or stand aside. To finally choose which way to go, But as for that I may never know.

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Influences and Styles

By Brianna Wang

The reason Edna St. Vincent Millay became a poet was mostly because of her mother’s influence and urging. Her mother, Cora Millay, taught Edna music and literature which created and interest for poetry. Finally, she entered one of her poems “Renascence” into a contest and she won 4th place, and that gave her a scholarship to Vassar College. There, she continued to write poetry and eventually became a poet. My poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, enjoys poets like William Shakespeare, John Milton, William Wordsworth, and Charles Dickens because when she was little, she read poems by them, which might have helped inspire her. She doesn’t have a particular theme in her poems because she writes about many topics, but she usually writes lyric poetry (poetry that includes some kind of emotion or feeling). She can write all sorts of poetry, sonnets, odes, couplets, etc., but she usually includes emotions or things that happen in life into them. As far as I’m concerned, I’m pretty sure that she is not famous for breaking or following any of the poetry “rules”, but I don’t know if she followed them or broke them. Other poets say that they like her poetry, but none of the really say about her personally. These are some of the styles and influences of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Bibliography Editors, The. "Edna St. Vincent Millay." //Poetry Foundation//. Web. 09 May 2011. . "Edna St. Vincent Millay." //Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More//. Academy of American Poets. Web. 09 May 2011. []. __ Edna St. Vincent Millay Biography  __ By Michaela Webb, Per-5 Our poet Edna St. Vincent Millay has been writing poetry, composing plays, and creating stories for as long as she remembered. She was born in Rockland Maine, but later moved with her mom to Camden, Maine after her parents got divorced. Edna St. Vincent Millay lived from February 22, 1892 to October 19, 1950 at the age of 58. Edna lived an ordinary childhood with her mother. They both got along very well with each other and Edna’s mother taught her to be brave and independent. She was a model student and attended 1 semester at Barnard College, when she received a full scholarship to Vassar College. In addition to writing poetry, Edna wrote plays and novels. Edna St. Vincent Millay has been married and divorced a few times. One interesting thing about Edna is that in Braintree, Massachusetts, she was involved in a court case protest that had gotten out of hand. She was not harmed at the protest but it was one of the more interesting times in her life. In 1923, she was the first female to ever win a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry. Also she was elected for “The National Institute of Arts and Letters” in 1929 and later won a gold medal in “The Poetry Society of America” in 1943. Some of her poetry books were __Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay__ published September 10, 2002, __Collected Sonnets__ published April 13, 1988, __Poems__ published August 27, 2005 and many more. Mother's Day - By Michaela Webb What cards and flowers we bring to you, We highly appreciate the things you do. Like all the gifts from years before, We wish to bring you many more. Those foolish roses dancing in the light, Your face of love shines ever so bright. We may sometimes forget this wonderful day, But you raisef us to be able to laugh and play. __ Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Connections __ By Michaela Webb, Per-5 My poem “Mother’s Day,” is connected to the style of poems written by Edna St Vincent Millay’s poems. One way our poems are connected is because we use the same types of figurative language. For example, we both use similes, personification and imagery. Also, our poems are connected because we give everyday simple things a new meaning. For example, when people read our poems, it makes them see everyday things and events in a new and creative way such as comparing these things to other people, places or characteristics that you normally would not think of. Our poetry makes you have to read it over and over until your mind comprehends the words that are written on the page. Although Edna St. Vincent Millay is not living, our poems both share the same overall styles and themes. Bibliography – Michaela Webb "Edna St. Vincent Millay's Life." //Welcome to English « Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois//. Oxford University. Web. 10 May 2011. . Schoonmaker, Frances, and Mike Ill. Bryce. //Poetry for Young People Edna St. Vincent Millay.// New York: Sterling, 1999. Print.