I consider her sonnets world-class, right up there with Shakespeare and Browning, and I favor Millay's.Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring,And all the flowers that in the springtime grow;And dusty roads, and thistles, and the slowRising of the round moon; all throats that singThe summer throug...
I consider her sonnets world-class, right up there with Shakespeare and Browning, and I favor Millay's.Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring,And all the flowers that in the springtime grow;And dusty roads, and thistles, and the slowRising of the round moon; all throats that singThe summer throug...
I fell desperately in love with Millay after reading "First Fig" in my history textbook. Some years later, I chose my college partly based upon the fact that she had gone there. Funny, irreverant, passionate and smart, Millay's work has incredible rhythm, rhyme, and impact.