A Bundle of Death:
Millay’s Favorite?
Poetry in itself is form of art. It is art created not by conventional methods, but crafted through the rhyming and free flowing of words in verse form. It is an old form of literature that has lasted the test of time. Many have used it, but not as many have been as memorable as Edna St. Vincent Millay. Millay, an American author wrote dozens if not hundreds of poems in her time. She tackled dozens of subjects such as: love, adventure, pain, anger, and death. Each time Millay wrote a poem a message was delivered between the lines of her verses and stanzas. She fiddled with all kinds of styles, forms, and rhythms such as: Free Verse, Iambic Pentameter, Italian Sonnet, and much more. Through her many …show more content…
shows the obvious sign of death. This one stanza poem goes on to establish a desire to die out at sea, rather then to be buried six feet under. It is also easy to understand her desire to clearly die out at sea, because she states, “And eat me while I am firm and fresh, —Not wait till I 've been dead for a year!” (Millay 130). The context of Millay’s poem shows its audience there is something exciting about dying out at sea rather then allowing ones body to rot and decompose. She continues to push that a body will be eaten fresh out at sea versus the slow death of traditional burial. Over all it is conceivable to point out that Millay felt comfortable writing on the subject of death. This is a fact or style that will be portrayed through many of her other …show more content…
It focuses on the lives of the children after the loss of their beloved father. It as well focuses on a guardian or mother. This poem is brutal because it address the kids in a way where there are not to mourn and just move on. Lines like “Listen, children, your father is dead,” gives us clarity to its boldness. (Millay 134). In all sadness it is a relevant poem to the lives of many as most of Millay’s poems are. Death is a common subject, and if today is any testimony, a big money maker. Here is one more line from “Lament,” “Life must go on, though good men die; Anne, eat your breakfast; Dan, take your medicine; Life must go on” (Millay 134). Death in simple terms is confronted bluntly to those that remain after. Millay finally discussed death through “Elegy before Death.” This poem approaches a more beautiful sense of what death might be. It confronts death as something blissful with an elegy to proceed. Here is a line from this poem, “Oh, there will pass with your great passing” (Millay 105). Once more does she use death in her poems to portray a message; a very powerful, yet sometimes confusing message. This poem has more of a confusing feel to it, but regardless it is on the subject of
Millay’s Favorite?
Poetry in itself is form of art. It is art created not by conventional methods, but crafted through the rhyming and free flowing of words in verse form. It is an old form of literature that has lasted the test of time. Many have used it, but not as many have been as memorable as Edna St. Vincent Millay. Millay, an American author wrote dozens if not hundreds of poems in her time. She tackled dozens of subjects such as: love, adventure, pain, anger, and death. Each time Millay wrote a poem a message was delivered between the lines of her verses and stanzas. She fiddled with all kinds of styles, forms, and rhythms such as: Free Verse, Iambic Pentameter, Italian Sonnet, and much more. Through her many …show more content…
shows the obvious sign of death. This one stanza poem goes on to establish a desire to die out at sea, rather then to be buried six feet under. It is also easy to understand her desire to clearly die out at sea, because she states, “And eat me while I am firm and fresh, —Not wait till I 've been dead for a year!” (Millay 130). The context of Millay’s poem shows its audience there is something exciting about dying out at sea rather then allowing ones body to rot and decompose. She continues to push that a body will be eaten fresh out at sea versus the slow death of traditional burial. Over all it is conceivable to point out that Millay felt comfortable writing on the subject of death. This is a fact or style that will be portrayed through many of her other …show more content…
It focuses on the lives of the children after the loss of their beloved father. It as well focuses on a guardian or mother. This poem is brutal because it address the kids in a way where there are not to mourn and just move on. Lines like “Listen, children, your father is dead,” gives us clarity to its boldness. (Millay 134). In all sadness it is a relevant poem to the lives of many as most of Millay’s poems are. Death is a common subject, and if today is any testimony, a big money maker. Here is one more line from “Lament,” “Life must go on, though good men die; Anne, eat your breakfast; Dan, take your medicine; Life must go on” (Millay 134). Death in simple terms is confronted bluntly to those that remain after. Millay finally discussed death through “Elegy before Death.” This poem approaches a more beautiful sense of what death might be. It confronts death as something blissful with an elegy to proceed. Here is a line from this poem, “Oh, there will pass with your great passing” (Millay 105). Once more does she use death in her poems to portray a message; a very powerful, yet sometimes confusing message. This poem has more of a confusing feel to it, but regardless it is on the subject of