Questions tagged [edna-st-vincent-millay]
Questions about the works of the American poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) or her life as a writer.
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Where is the setting of Millay's poem Renascence?
The first verse of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "Renascence" is as follows:
All I could see from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood;
I turned and looked another way,
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Poem about a gross but beautiful urban garden, possibly by Millay
I have a dim but vivid memory of a poem, 95% sure it was by Edna St. Vincent Millay, about an urban garden alive with beauty despite everything that’s gross about it. Toads, fungus, etc. are the vibe. ...
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Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Figs from Thistles: First Fig"
Edna St. Vincent Millay's very short poem "Figs from Thistles: First Fig" goes as follows:
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
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