“So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been” (St. Vincent Millay) this is a quote from the poem “Dirge Without Music”. In my perspective on this poem, it is related to the death of loved ones. In other words, it means that loved ones die, loved ones will die; loved ones have died and that will never change. This sad but true poem was written by Edna St. Vincent Millay. This woman was a person who received love and reward for her work. She had a lifelong supporter, also known as her mother. Edna St. Vincent Millay's career and life have been affected by several different objects such as her mother, her environment, and her love life. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was born in Rockland, Maine. His parents, Cora Lounella, a nurse, and Henry Tolman Millay, a school teacher. (Blain, Grund and Clements) Known to her family as "Vincent", she was named after St. Vincent's Hospital in New York, where her uncle received treatment. When she was 8, her parents divorced and her mother raised Millay and her younger sisters. ("Edna St. Vincent Millay") After Millay's mother and father divorced, her mother raised her and her 2 other sisters alone in the year 1899. (Academy of American Poets 1) The Millay's mother motivated her daughters to appreciate music and literature from a young age so that they would be ambitious and self-reliant. (Academy of American Poets 1) Millay's mother implored that Millay enter her poem "Renascence" in a competition, following her mother's advice it won fourth place and its publication in The Lyric Year. (Academy of American Poets 1). This being the case, she soon after received notice and a scholarship to Vassar. (Academy of American Poets 1) As can be seen her mother...... middle of paper .......htm>."Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892-1950." Alix Nord All rights reserved. n. page. Print.Edna St. Vincent Millay. , “His life on Steepletop.” Printed page. Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 7: Edna St. Vincent Millay." PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide. csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/millay.html (April 4, 2014)St Vincent Millay, Edna “Dirge Without Music.” Edna St. Vincent Millay." page number. Print.