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Edna St. Vincent Millay
(1892 - 1950 / Rockland /United States)
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  Mine is a body that should die at sea!
And have for a grave, instead of a grave
Six feet deep and the length of me,
All the water that is under the wave!
And terrible fishes to seize my flesh,
Such as a living man might fear,
And eat me while I am firm and fresh,—
Not wait till I've been dead for a year!


Edna St. Vincent Millay

Submitted Date :  Monday, January 13, 2003



Read poems about / on: water, fear, sea, fish, fishing

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Marcia Morris (7/10/2007 12:56:00 AM)
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a burial at sea. I wonder why the poet wrote this line 'and eat me while I am firm and fresh' why would she care if she's eaten after a year. Maybe she wants her body to be fresh food for the fish.hmmmmmmm
 
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