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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poetry
Website Evaluators
Judy Iliff - Campbell County High School, Wyoming
Ann Gann - Clinton High School, Tennessee
Website Reviewer and Compiler
Chris Huber - on leave, Missouri
Site Ratings
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Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
http://www.hmco.com/college/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/millay.html
This fine resource for teachers "gives a good overview of
themes and points to be made when analyzing her work." Headings include: Classroom Issues and Strategies; Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues; Significant Form, Style, or Artistic
Conventions; Original Audience; Comparisons, Contrasts, Connections; and Questions for Reading and Discussion/ Approaches to Writing. The questions for reading and discussion are thought provoking and there is a good
bibliography.
Overall Rating: 4
Edna St. Vincent Millay
http://www.poets.org/lit/poet/emillay.htm
Part of the Academy of American Poets site,
this page offers a three-paragraph "nuts and bolts type" of biography, a portrait, internal links to six of her poems, a bibliography of her poems and plays, and seven external links to sites with her poetry.
Overall Rating: 3
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
http://www.sappho.com/poetry/historical/e_millay.html
Part of a site on lesbian poetry, this page includes a nine paragraph biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay (in which special attention is paid to her sexual
orientation), five of her poems, and recommended further reading.
Overall Rating: 2
Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/authors/millay.html
This site includes a brief biography, a bibliography of Millay's works, and l8 of
Millay's poems, each linked to a separate page with a little background on the publication of the poems.
Overall Rating: 2
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
http://redfrog.norconnect.no/~poems/poets/edna_st_vincent_millay.html
This site presents several of Millay's poems.
Overall Rating: 2 |
