Marya Williams English 120 Professor Israel Written assignment 2 23 October 2012 Analysis of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “What lips my lips have kissed‚ and where‚ and why” The poem entitled [What lips my lips have kissed‚ and where‚ and why] by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ is a very forward thinking sonnet of its time. Most sonnets are dedicated or about one single person. This one in particular is about the memory of several lovers. This poem is written in iambic pentameter‚ with
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From time to time all a person thinks about is the person they love and on bad days they are thinking about what they could have done to save their relationship. In Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “What lips my lips have kissed‚” the speaker comes to a conclusion that everyone changes and it is great to accept what has come your way. She informs the readers that she “only know that summer sang in me‚ / A little while‚ that in me sings no more” (lines 12-13). Initially this statement proposes that
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Jessie Teskey In Edna St Vincent Millay’s Petrarchan sonnet “What lips my lips have kissed”‚ the speaker talks about past lovers that are in her life no more. Millay uses a variety of poetic devices such as‚ imagery‚ tone‚ and metaphor. She uses imagery of pleasure‚ intimate love‚ and nature. Her tone alters throughout the poem from feelings of wistfulness in the octave‚ to loneliness and abandonment in the sestet. The sestet signifies a shift from the speakers internal to external perspective
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In her sonnet‚ “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed‚ and Where‚ and Why”‚ Millay addresses a concern people may have as they experience changes within their life. More specifically‚ as one’s youth may fade away so do the moments of the past‚ and what we are left with is but only our memories of emotions expressed. The poem begins as a recount of past lovers whom a woman once had encounters with for only very brief moments of her life. The belief that these "lips her lips have kissed" were but only momentary
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The two poems I chose to write about are Elizabeth Bishops “One Art” and “What my lips have kissed” by Edna St. Vincent Millay’s. I chose both of these because they both in a way are describing love‚ and loss for something or someone. Even though they do not come right out and say it‚ both poems deal with love and the loss they have experienced. In Bishops poem she talks about how losing comes at ease and how nothing that has been lost has been disastrous. However‚ in the last stanza of her poem
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An effective short poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ What Lips my lips have kissed‚ and where‚ and why‚ portrays the dissonance between ideal young love and aged heartbreak. Millay starts this theme by looking back on the affairs she has had and realizes she has aged‚ "What lips my lips have kissed‚ and where‚ and why‚ I have forgotten " (1-2). Then Millay explains how her past lovers continue to haunt her‚ " but the rain is full of ghosts tonight‚ that tap and sigh upon the glass and listen for
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poem‚ “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why?” by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ indicates that she has become an older woman who can’t remember the loves in her past that have come and gone. Throughout this poem there are hints and reasoning behind my thoughts on why Millay has described herself in this poem. I will go through this poem dissecting short parts of the poem to prove my point. “What lips my lips have kissed‚ and where and why‚ I have forgotten‚ and what arms have lain
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Analysis of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “What lips my lips have kissed‚ and where‚ and why” In the 1923 sonnet‚ “What lips my lips have kissed‚” Edna St. Vincent Millay speaks about several loves coming to an end and the emotion its gives her while she reminiscences through her past. Two major themes of this sonnet are change and loss. The theme loss is throughout the entire sonnet. Some parts of this sonnet are traditional while other parts are untraditional. This is a modern Italian sonnet. The
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The poem "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed‚ And Where‚ And Why" was written just five years after the First World War when huge number of young men died. The poetess is in her early 30’s and she is not regretting the past‚ she is actually regretting‚ that her young age has passed. Deep under her heart‚ holds hurting memories of the past and is deeply badly wanting her youth. The poetess also speaks of the many love affairs which have come to an end because of the death of the soldiers in the First World
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