The Galleon, Volume 10, Number 1 Page: 34
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BOOK REVIEW
WINE FROM THESE GRAPES
MRS. J. MOREY MILLERMAN
Lovers of poetry who have followed the work of Edna St. Vincent
Millay from her earliest publication have found in "Wine From These
Grapes," her last book, a fulfillment of all that her early work promised.
In contrast to "Fatal Interview," which is a collection of love sonnets,
Miss Millay fills her npw book with poems as varying and different in
theme as the love sonnets were consistent. She flies from one subject to
another but succeeds in treating each with an equal poetic sensitiveness and
profound concern. To her, the sight of a flower can inspire an expression
of thought which will equal in depth a study of the whole race of man-
and the interesting point is that she achieves this without over-evaluating
the flower or bemeaning the human race.
A study of this new collection reveals a poet more mature in her
philosophy, weaving into her work a strain of sadness not to be found in
any other of her books. If she gains depth of feeling and wisdom, however
she loss something of the eagerness of the earlier creations; but the capture
of elements that will live is a more important development than the per-
fection of impulsive, spontaneous expression when eventually fades.
The title poem of the volume, taken from an earlier publication,
"The Buck in the Snow," seems to contain the essence of the thoughts ex-
pressed in this book-
"Wine from these grapes I shall be treading surely
Morning and noon and night until I die."
In this poem, Miss Millay presents with keen sensitiveness and unusual
poetic insight a subject which, if treated less skillfully would appear absurd.
"Epitaph for the Race of Man" is the title given to a series of sonnets
making up the later portion of the book. Regardless of' whether we are
in sympathy with the views expressed, we must recognize and acknowledge
the exquisite construction of these sonnets, and the power they possess in
leaving the reader somewhat amazed and more than a little sad. Perhaps
34-THE GALLEON
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