The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
by Edna St. Vincent Millay 
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A picture book version of the Millay poem, in which a poor boy's mother worries about giving him food and clothing for the winter.Tags
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This was my first introduction to Millay. I found the sentimentality extremely off-putting and didn't read anything else by her for decades. That was a mistake. She is a much better poet than this soppy narrative of a dying mother indicates. Skip this one and go read her sonnets.
Thank you to whomever thought to create an entry for the 3 separate published works that comprise the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry awarded to Edna St. Vincent Millay. I enjoyed the Eight Sonnets the most and Sonnet VII in particular.
I found the 3 works online at the following sites:
- The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (a single poem) by Edna St. Vincent Millay
( https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53241/the-ballad-of-the-harp-weaver )
- A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay
( http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/millay/figs/figs.html#first )
- Eight Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay
( https://allpoetry.com/Eight-Sonnets )
I found the 3 works online at the following sites:
- The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (a single poem) by Edna St. Vincent Millay
( https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53241/the-ballad-of-the-harp-weaver )
- A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay
( http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/millay/figs/figs.html#first )
- Eight Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay
( https://allpoetry.com/Eight-Sonnets )
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Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892-1950 Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet, dramatist, lyricist, lecturer, and playwright, was born on February 22, 1892 in Rockland, Maine, and educated at Barnard College and at Vassar College, where she earned her B. A. (Her poem "Renascence" won fourth place in a contest and was published in The Lyric Year in show more 1912; this resulted in a scholarship to Vassar.) Millay's first volume of poetry, "Renascence and Other Poems," was published in 1917. In 1923, "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" won her a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Other works include: "A Few Figs from Thistles;" "Sonnets in American Poetry," "A Miscellany," "The Lamp and the Bell" and "There Are No Islands Any More." Millay also wrote the libretto for "The King's Henchman," one of the few American grand operas. Edna St. Vincent Millay married Eugen Jan Boissevain in 1923. Shortly after, they purchased a farm in upstate New York, which they called Steepletop. Millay lived here for the rest of her life, composing some of her finest work in a little shack separate from the main house. Boissevain died in 1949. Millay died of a heart attack in her home on October 19, 1950. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
- Original publication date
- 1920
- Disambiguation notice
- A single poem. Do not combine with collection.
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