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   Edna St. Vincent Millay. Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyric poet. ‘Afternoon on a Hill’ by Edna St. Vicent Millay is a short nature poem in which the poet, or at least the speaker she’s channeling at that moment, describes her intentions for an afternoon. Millay uses simple language in ‘Afternoon on a Hill,’ ensuring that ...

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   May 13, 2011 · Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz) I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes, Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass rise. And when lights begin to show Up from the town, I will mark which must be mine, And ...

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   Afternoon on a Hill. Edna St. Vincent Millay. 1892 –. 1950. I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun!I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes,Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass rise. And when lights begin to show Up from the town,I will mark which must be mine, And then ...

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   Aug 3, 2020 · Edna St Vincent Millay. Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. more…

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   Afternoon on a Hill Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892 - 1950 I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes, Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass rise. And when lights begin to show Up from the town, I will mark which must be mine,

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   How many stanzas are in afternoon on a hill?

   • ‘Afternoon on a Hill’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay is a three-stanza poem that is separated into sets of four lines, known as quatrains. These quatrains are quite simple. They follow a rhyme scheme of ABCB, changing end sounds from stanza to stanza. The meter is also fairly consistent.

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   What is the theme of afternoon on a hill?

   • Millay engages primarily with the theme of nature in ‘Afternoon on a Hill.’ The short lines of this piece are almost entirely concerned with the speaker’s intentions in the natural world. She plans to head out onto a hill and enjoy the afternoon sun. There, she’ll watch the grass blow in the wind and touch the beautiful flowers around her.

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   What does the speaker say in 'afternoon on a hill'?

   • Up from the town, I will mark which must be mine, And then start down! In the final four lines of ‘Afternoon on a Hill,’ the speaker declares her intent to stay on the hill until she starts to see the lights turn on in the town. She’ll look out over all those who live around her and pick out her specific home.

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   What is the purpose of the poem 'The hill'?

   • It takes the reader into the future where the speaker plans to spend time alone on a hill, surrounded by hundreds of flowers. She’s not going to pick them, but she is going to touch them.

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   What stanzas expressing the speaker's intentions?

   • With quiet eyes, Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass rise. The stanzas expressing the speaker’s intentions continue into the next stanza where she starts the third line with “I.” It’s clear in these moments that she’s experiencing them alone.

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   Afternoon on a Hill - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Edna St. Vincent Millay Poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine.