Edna St. Vincent Millay
Birth date: February 22, 1892
Died: October 19, 1950
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The fourth, and final, Dover poetry anthology I am reviewing. As with the others, it is an easily portable, inexpensive book. Includes work by 58 poets. Ten were born before 1600, another six in the 17th century, twelve in the 18th century, and two in the 20th century. So 28 were born in the 19th c...
At times hilarious, at others shocking, this is a wonderful little collection of poetry that is oddly touching. Sneaky lady Millay, sneaky.
John Donne once referred to poetry, to sonnets, as rooms. In any ways, this pegs the sonnets in this volume. Like Donne, whose rooms referred to his love, the sonnets here seem to chart a love affair – from its nebulous beginnings to its conflict middle to a type of a death. Is it love of an immo...
These were lovely poems, pleasant to read and with easy interpretations. Some of her poems about death had a very Sylvia Plath feel to them. Most of the poems had nature elements. She described her love for the great outdoors in great detail. I want to go run around in a meadow now :)
Seems a little slight compared to some of the other verse I've been reading lately (excepting the Lovecraft of course), especially when I compare to Hart Crane. Kudos for actual meter and rhyme and lots of poems about dead people. I wonder what her "Unselected Poetry" is like?
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