Renascence

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Renascence is a celebrated early poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay that explores themes of spirituality, mortality, and the expansive nature of human consciousness.

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Renascence canonical 3

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
associatedWith Edna St. Vincent Millay’s early career ⓘ
author Edna St. Vincent Millay ⓘ
centralCharacter unnamed first-person speaker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts confrontation with death ⓘ
rebirth into renewed spiritual awareness ⓘ
visionary experience of unity with the universe ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Lyric Year ⓘ
form narrative poem ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenced reputation of Edna St. Vincent Millay as a major American poet ⓘ
hasTitleMeaning rebirth ⓘ
includedIn Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lengthInLines over 200 lines ⓘ
literaryDevice extended metaphor ⓘ
personification ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ
literaryMovement early 20th-century American poetry ⓘ
meter iambic tetrameter ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor exploration of mystical experience ⓘ
intense emotional and spiritual imagery ⓘ
launching Edna St. Vincent Millay’s literary career ⓘ
publicationYear 1912 ⓘ
1913 ⓘ
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme ⓘ
setting Maine countryside ⓘ
subjectMatter relationship between individual soul and infinite cosmos ⓘ
spiritual crisis and renewal ⓘ
theme human consciousness ⓘ
interconnectedness of life ⓘ
limits of human perception ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
relationship between self and universe ⓘ
religious experience ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
suffering and redemption ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition early 1910s ⓘ
titleLanguage English adaptation of “renaissance” ⓘ
tone ecstatic ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
meditative ⓘ

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