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Renascence and Other Poems

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Members' Rating: 4.20from 5 Ratings and 3 Reviews

Tags: Classics, Poetry

ISBN:1420924958

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And saw three islands in a bay.
Was three long mountains and a wood.
Almost, I thought, from where I stand.
My breath came short, and scarce at all.
And look my fill into the sky.
The sky was not so very tall.
And -- sure enough! -- I see the top!
I 'most could touch it with my hand!
I screamed to ...

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5/5 5.00

Reviewed by Christiana on Mar 5, 2010

Renascence is not a poem; it is an experiencel

I knew I loved Edna Saint Vincent Millay; I just didn't know how much. I knew that she was the first woman to win a Pulitzer prize for poetry. Yet each time I read her poems, they are new, and they stir up even deeper emotions within me.

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Reviewed by PMCGOLDRICK on Feb 22, 2010

WORDSMITH

Words of this poet still ring through.

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3/5 3.00

Reviewed by lizkies on Feb 21, 2010

and suddenly thought, "I have been here before!"

A friend gifted me this subscription with the instruction to "take one before bedtime". I don't know poetry very well, but it's pretty awesome when it works out. This collection starts with a couple of longer pieces, which I liked a lot, particularly "Interim".

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Christiana 5.00 Read review 2010-03-05
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Maeve 3.00   2009-01-29
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