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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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   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 · 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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   The poem “Afternoon on a hill” shows how we should see the beauty of nature. The poem makes me feel refresh and relax. The make want to grab a book and find a hill and read. This poem let me see the beauty of our surroundings. The poem let me feel that I am the one who is speaking in the poem.

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   Explore the poem ''Afternoon on a Hill,'' by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Discover the poem's structure, imagery, and text. Finally, probe the poem with a literary analysis of its meaning.

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   May 13, 2011 · 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.

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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 is the theme of the poem afternoons?

   • What seems like an ordinary, everyday occurrence highlights the theme of change and how it cannot be avoided, like the passing of time. The title “Afternoons” suggests the end of the day and time passing. The tone is wistful and the poem has a sense of longing for the past – “summer is fading.”

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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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   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 makes afternoon on a hill short and sweet?

   • What makes it short and sweet is that the vocabulary isn't difficult, the rhyme scheme is simple, and there are only 12 lines in the whole thing! In this lesson, we'll take a closer look at ''Afternoon on a Hill'' together and test our poetry skills!

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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.