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blakehalsey's review against another edition
5.0
Edna St. Vincent Millay was a paragon of great American poetry and the position of women in the arts. The first woman to win the Pulitzer prize for poetry, her verses are teeming with all the vibrant colors that surrounded her life. Although I like her later poetry perhaps more than this earlier collection, I always admire her bold art in any form.
littlebookjockey's review against another edition
3.0
Oh, Modernism, old friend - how I've missed you and your whackadoodle self. I liked quite a few of these poems, but sometimes they felt a bit sing-songy to me, which I'm not a fan of. I think Millay can come off as overly dramatic at times (well, she is a poet). I wish there were more poems in her oeuvre like "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver." Read my full review here.
ginnygriggs_'s review against another edition
3.0
Not my favorite style, but Millay is clever and witty (and also kind dark and twisty?).
strawberrrysam's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.5
Back to the obscurity of older poetry, but Witch-Wife still holds my heart. Edna is a bisexual icon and every time she writes a love poem, I imagine it’s about a girl.