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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Renascence canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Edna St. Vincent Millay’s early career ⓘ |
| author | Edna St. Vincent Millay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | unnamed first-person speaker ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
confrontation with death
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rebirth into renewed spiritual awareness ⓘ visionary experience of unity with the universe ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Lyric Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lengthInLines | over 200 lines ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
extended metaphor
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personification ⓘ symbolism ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of mystical experience
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intense emotional and spiritual imagery ⓘ launching Edna St. Vincent Millay’s literary career ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1912
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1913 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| setting | Maine countryside ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
relationship between individual soul and infinite cosmos
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spiritual crisis and renewal ⓘ |
| theme |
human consciousness
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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
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introspective ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
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