Into the golden vessel of great song.
Let us pour all our passion; breast to breast.
Let other lovers lie, in love and rest;.
Not we, --articulate, so, but with the tongue.
The young student sat, her attentions were far from the theater teacher and the babble of scene arrangements. She watched the special guest, a young actress, Wynne Matthison. She watched the dark haired beauty with her own bright blue eyes and red-golden hair, amazed by the dark chocolate curls that surround the actress. Edna St.Vincent Millay; known as Vincent, shifted her head from her right hand to her left, as she watched the beauty cross one long leg over the other.
"Edna . . . Edna. Ms. Millay?" the professor's voice broke through her fog, as the actress made eye contact and smiled.
"Yes Sir?" Vincent now turned her face to the teacher.
"I asked if you could imagine a world where you are forced by society away from your heart's true desire?" There was a funny ring to his voice as he watched Vincent waiting for her answer. Vincent looked down at the blank pages before her, which should have been filled full of notes,.
"Um, no, no sir I would not," was her soft reply as felt the heat of a blush fill her cheeks.
"Then I suggest you pay attention," he said. As he turned back to the blackboard Vincent turned her head again to gaze one last time at Wynne, who was looking at Vincent with those large dark eyes. Her soft red lips folded in a warm, welcoming smile.
The class bell was sounded and Vincent packed her bag, swung it over her shoulder and walked out of the mostly empty classroom. As she passed through the door where a pair of soft, dark eyes met her, with a soft, welcoming, red mouth. They walked side-by-side chatting.
"I was just about to take lunch" Wynne said, her voice was soft like satin.
"Um, so was I, um, would you care for company?" Vincent could barely get out the words out. She had lowered her gaze to watch her feet as she walked, shifting her bag on her shoulder.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, was an American poet of the twentieth century. She was born in Rockland, Maine on February 22, 1982. In 1904, Edna's parents, who had been separated for three years, finalized the end of their marriage with a divorce. After the divorce, Edna and her two sisters, Norma and Ka...
Edna St. Vincent Millay: Controversial Writer and Inspiration Edna St. Vincent Millay was a poet and playwright. She was famous for writing controversial descriptions of female sexuality and feminism. Her struggle in the literary world did not go unnoticed. While many female authors were not ackn...
Poetry Explication In the poem "Renascence", Edna St. Vincent Millay is lying on her back and starts to look off into the sky. While peering into the sky, she gains a sense of what God is like. Edna St. Vincent Millay expresses the understanding of God's essence through a...
Indeed, poets like Edna St. ... But Millay would not be satisfied. ... She enjoyed drinking, and socializing with others, but soon there were an increasing number of gentlemen who wanted to know Edna St. ... (Millay 49). ... (Millay 31). ...
In Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and Where, and Why" there is an expression of sorrow for the loss of memory of those loves. ... Edna St. Vincent Millay may or may not have been talking about loves lost in war, but she definitely speaks to today's society. ...
Analysis on "Love is Not Blind" - Millay's sonnet xxvi In this sonnet "Love is Not Blind", Edna St. Vincent Millay demonstrates the unconformity against the traditions of the society, particularly her opposition to the Petrarchan notions about beauty and love. ... Similar to Shakespeare's sonnet 130, Millay then draws a comparison between the mistress' ugliness and other women's grace. ... Although through different approach and tone, both Shakespeare and Millay point out that be in love does not necessarily equals to be perfect. ... This is what tru...
Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Recuerdo" is rich in scenes of lighthearted romance. ... Millay's poem reads as if about to break into song, trying very hard to contain overpowering joy. ... Each of the poem's stanzas begin with the same refrain, which establishes the mixture of exhilaration and fatigue that make Millay's artistic persona of freeness so compelling and enticing. ...
Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Spring- is almost a clear definition of the existentialistic attitude. ... Millay's goal was not to offend the reader but to shock the reader into challenging their beliefs. ... Millay's use of existentialism in her work outlines a search for integrity of the individual spirit. ... Works Cited Millay, Edna St. ...
She developed her feminist ideals in her novels, short stories and nonfiction books such as Women and Economics. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is best known for her short story The Yellow Wallpaper, (1892) which is based on her own experience As the story begins, the woman-whose name we never learn tells of her depression and how it is being treated by her husband and brother who are both doctors. ... However, The Yellow Wallpaper is more than a case study in mental illness or a horror story it is a story of a dominant/submissive relationship between husband and wife. ... At the very beginning...