Witch-Wife

Edna St. Vincent Millay

1892 to 1950

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We are working on musical arrangements of Witch-Wife by Edna St. Vincent Millay and they will be published on a date yet to be decided.

She is neither pink nor pale,
And she never will be all mine;
She learned her hands in a fairy-tale,
And her mouth on a valentine.

She has more hair than she needs;
In the sun ’tis a woe to me!
And her voice is a string of coloured beads,
Or steps leading into the sea.

She loves me all that she can,
And her ways to my ways resign;
But she was not made for any man,
And she never will be all mine.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay's Witch-Wife

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  • Deep analysis of the poem's rhythm, structure, and emotional essence
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  • Balancing traditional poetic expression with contemporary sound landscapes
  • Multiple revisions to ensure the arrangement honors the poet's original vision

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