Edna St. Vincent Millay uses a technique of lying on her back and starring off into the sky to increase her awareness. At first, she is not intimidated by the sky and says that it must stop somewhere. She feels as though she could touch it with her hand. As she tries to touch the sky with her hand, she becomes overwhelmed and realizes that it goes on into infinity. Becoming overwhelmed by the thought of infinity, Edna St. Vincent Millay tries to relate her awareness of infinity to a total sense of compassion for all mankind. As she does this, she talks about a man who is starving in Capri. Edna St. Vincent Millay claims that she feels him staring at her and can feel his hunger. She can hear his moan. Just by seeing him, she is able to feel his pain, feel his hunger, and know what he is going through. Then she imagine

While continuing to lie on her back, Edna St. Vincent Millay describes herself as sinking into the ground. She feels herself sinking into the ground until she is six feet under the earth. While lying under the earth, she claims that she is rested and is gladly dead. Suddenly, she starts to hear the rainfall and realizes that she likes it much more that she ever has before. When someone is alive, the rain can seem depressing, sad and sometimes unfriendly. While hearing the rain, Edna St. Vincent Millay became increasingly aware that the rain now had a friendly sound. She states that it is nice to have the rain pay her a visit while in her grave. She explains that if she were alive once more, that it would be nice to taste, feel and look at the rain again. Still dead and under the earth, she wishes she were alive once more because it will not rain forever. The sun will peak out from the clouds and soak up the raindrops from the ground until the world answers with delight. Reality starts to set in and she realizes that since she is dead and in the earth, she will never get to see the sky grow clear or seasons change. She expresses that the world has innumerable enchantments and that she is so close to them, but on the other hand she is separated from them. Edna St. Vincent Millay starts to pray to God to put her back upon the earth so she can experience all of these joys that she

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