Edna St Vincent Millay

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Early Life

• Born on February 22, 1982
• Family of Three
• Single Mother
• Encouraged to pursue the arts
• Placed fourth in a poetry contest

AFTER SCHOOL

• After her schooling she moved to Greenwich Village, New York
• Very poor
• Wrote many amazing pieces
• Befriended a group of writers
• Refused Dell Floyd's hand in marriage

LIFE CONTINUED

• Edna's fourth volume 'The Harp Weaver' won a Pulitzer Prize
• wrote the libretto of 'The Kings Henchmen'
• married Eugene Bossevein
• married for six years
• Had very public affairs throughout her marriage

Early Life Influence

• Her Early Life Influenced her writing
• Ballad of the harp weaver

POEMS ABOUT WAR

• Millay wrote a few poems about war time struggles
• The murder of Lidice
• Fear
• Make bright the Arrows

AFFAIRS

• Even though she was married she had many public affairs
• They too influenced her poetry

DEATH

• 1950