“I think my feelings right now could be summarized from a quote from the made for TV movie: The House Without a Christmas Tree…” (“Mary Catherine Gallagher Christmas”). Just as Mary Katherine Gallagher, a character from the popular television show Saturday Night Live, has mastered expressing her feelings through words, so has the famous poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Her expert skill over the words of the English language was far superior to most others’. …showed first 75 words of 1227 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1227 total…her childishness, and her anger, Millay has been innovative the whole way through. Most of her works are credited today as some of the most influential literature of the twentieth century. Without Edna St. Vincent Millay, today’s poetry would be a great deal different. Her imagery was ground breaking, and so was the natural flow of her words. Without a doubt, Edna St. Vincent Millay had a profound influence on modern poetry and literature.