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   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 any reader who comes ...

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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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   May 13, 2011 · Full analysis for Afternoon on a Hill » Edna St. Vincent Millay 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 more…

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   Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem ''Afternoon on a Hill'' is short, but it packs a big punch. In just four stanzas , or groups of lines, it describes a lot of beautiful imagery that the reader can ...

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   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 where must be mine, And then start down! Afternoon on a hill is a lovely poem about the view of a town from a hilltop and the surrounding beauty of the sun, flowers, and clouds.

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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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   How many stanzas is afternoon in school?

   • ‘ Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’ was published in Lawrence’s Love Poems. It is in one of the three sections in the volume titled, “The Schoolmaster”. This analysis is concerned with the definitive two stanza version of ‘Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson’. There is a longer six stanza version, later revised by Lawrence, as well.

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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 a poem stanza 2?

   • It refers to the creative and poignant descriptions that a poet uses. For example, these lines from stanza two: “Watch the wind bow down the grass, / And the grass rise.” They are evocative of a very specific moment, but one that multiple readers will be able to relate to and feel.

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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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   5. Afternoon on a Hill. Under the sun! And not pick one. Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass rise. And then start down! 5. Afternoon on a Hill I WILL be the gladdest thingUnder the sun!I will touch a hundred flowersAnd not pick one.I will look at cliffs and cloudsWith quiet eyes,Watch the wind.