Renascence and Other Poems
Edna St. Vincent Millay's first book.
What this poem is
A bibliography of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
"Renascence" (1912)
"The Penitent" (1918)
"First Fig" (1920)
Adapted from the Wikipedia article “Edna St. Vincent Millay bibliography” (revision 1357752569), used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Laurel's own notes and measurements are not from Wikipedia.
Measured across the book
Across its 905 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.28 times what shuffling the words would give (0.36 observed against 0.28 expected). 19% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Three Songs of Shattering III12 linesRenascenceiambic tetrameter · AABB · 214 linesInterimiambic pentameter · unrhymed · 209 linesThe Suicideiambic pentameter · AABB · 138 linesGod's Worldiambic pentameter · 14 linesAfternoon on a Hilliambic dimeter · 12 linesSorrowtrochaic tetrameter · ABAAAB · 12 linesTaverncommon measure · 16 linesAshes of Lifetrochaic heptameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Little Ghostcommon measure · ABAB · 28 linesKin to Sorrowiambic trimeter · 16 linesThree Songs of Shattering Itrochaic trimeter · 8 linesThree Songs of Shattering IIshort measure · ABAB · 12 linesThree Songs of Shattering IIItrochaic hexameter · ABAB · 8 linesThe Shroudtrochaic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesThe Dreamiambic tetrameter · 16 linesIndifferenceiambic hexameter · ABABCDCD · 8 linesWitch-Wifeiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 12 linesBlightiambic trimeter · 30 linesWhen the Year Grows Oldshort measure · 28 linesSonnetiambic pentameter · 70 linesVI Bluebeardiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFEFGG · 14 lines
About this text
Public domain. Text from Renascence, and Other Poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #109. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.