What My Lips Have Kissed By Edna St. Kevin Millay

When thinking of literature a person can never leave out poetry. Poetry is defined as “writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm”. And even though there are many people who dislike poetry, maybe because they have a hard time comprehending what the author is saying, this form of writing is very important to the writing world and without it we would probably view writing very differently. Poetry allows our brains to think more creatively. This is because the author never says exactly what they mean in a poem, which makes the reader think more deeply and create their own interpretation of the poem. Poem’s

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sonnet, “What lips my lips have kissed and where and why”

The short story “The Love Of My Life” by T.C. Boyle's examines two couples who are imagined to be inseparable and how no love comes closer to theirs. The story follows young high school couples who are in the merge of a bright future. They are always together “wearing each other like a pair socks”. They idolized the love they share is something far from real and it is true love. While Jeremy is set to attend Brown and on the other hand China were in Binghamton things took wrong turn. Over the summer before their going to college they mistakenly conceived a baby while they are at a camping trip. The story was pleasant and everything was green and China and Jeremy went to a trip together and had sex. The couples were so keen to avoid this from

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Good morning Ms Linton and students, today I will be informing you on why you must choose these two poems for the poetry speaking contest. The poems I have chosen are ‘The Man from Ironbark’, by Banjo Patterson as well as ‘He Started the Cycling Craze’ by myself. Narratives help the readers enjoy and understand poetry as it is a way the poets can connect to their readers by using storylines that may relate to them or something that they enjoy.

Poetry is a reflection of society. To understand society, we need to understand poetry and, what it depends on. A poem's theme depends mostly on its diction and tone. Diction is the choice of words so, it is a way to express feelings and, emotions. Diction gives an insight of the main idea or some clues in the poem. Tone is the general character or attitude of a poem and, it helps identify what the poet was trying to reach or send, whether it was an idea or a thought. Accordingly, both Lovelace's and Tennyson's poems had a different tone and diction from both Borden's and Owen's poems. The differences are major, not only with diction and tone but also with the themes and perspectives of the same subject

“What my lips have kissed, and where, and why” is a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, it was written way ahead of its time because it talks about a very promiscuous woman in a time where women were supposed to be submissive to their husbands. The poem involves a speaker who is recalling her past experiences with men. Towards the end of the poem the speaker starts to feel regret because she is getting old and cannot participate in these activities anymore. Edna St. Vincent Millay’s, “What my lips have kissed, and where, and why” the speaker expresses regret of growing old by using the ghost, winter and summer, and the tree to show her feelings.

The poem “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” is quite compelling though a bit baffling at first glance. The writer of this poem is Edna St. Vincent Millay, whose an American poet and playwright. Millay was born in Maine into a poverty-stricken family. Her mother was a fan of classic literature varying from William Shakespeare to John Milton and would read these poets’ works to her daughters. Ultimately, inspiring Millay into becoming a poet herself. In 1923, Millay won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry being the third female to win this award. In the poem, “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, an explanation of the poem’s meaning, form, and pattern will be made in order to understand this writer’s work.

Poetry isn 't just those long sonnets you had to analyze in high school. It’s a verse, almost like the author is talking directly to you, telling you their story. Emotion pours out of poetry, just as if you were pouring water into a glass. It may get a bad reputation because of the somewhat uninteresting Shakespearean poems, where the language is difficult to understand and difficult to enjoy. Poetry is broad, and can be almost anything rhythmic. There is no topic poetry has to follow. There are no guidelines for poetry. Its just creativity pouring out of the author.

For many years people have been able to share their feelings and emotions through art,songs, novels, poems, etc. These artists, musicians, authors, and poets have been able to connect with others. For example, poems can be interpreted differently by readers. A poem has the flexibility to relate to anyone who reads it. There are many different types of poems in the sense of structure, which inlucudes the rhyme scheme, stanzas, and lines. With in the structure of the poem the reader may encounter similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, and paradox along with many other literary terms. These literary terms are what make poetry unique and engaging for readers. Readers are able to ponder the meaning of the poem and the complexity of

Poems are the most simplistic way to express one’s feelings and beliefs through writing. Poets mostly try express love, loss, death, some may speak from their own experience or for the sake of their characters who tend to be quite sophisticated. They tend to write about these 3 topics commonly due to the fact that practically everyone has experienced this sort of emotion. Poetry has existed since man could write, to Aristotle, to Victorian times and now to the present day where it is internationally used. Poems are now used to promote movements for the benefit of the world, varying from poverty to the sustainability of the environment; of which most have been successful due to poetry being able to connect with the reader, even if they are not in the same situation. However they are still able to feel what their character is feeling and what state of mind they are in. Poems also tend to be short so that the reader does not loose concentration nor loose the power of the poem, but instead the poet chooses to write to a short limithowever they choose their words carefully so that the reader will be intrigued and contemplated the whole way through the poem however leave the poembeing fascinated.

  POETRY Poetry is a verbal or written expression that radiates from thoughts and emotions that dwell within the heart and mind of a poet.   CHANGE STARTS WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE If you want to make a difference in the world you must engage in positive actions, assist others, and display love and compassion towards others. Only then will change generate within you.

Poetry in my opinion is best defined as artistic work that was created to express the thoughts or feelings of a person or poet. Expressing thoughts or feelings through poetry can be used by rhythmic patterns or a type or distinctive style.   However, poetry does not always have to rhyme or have a rhythmic pattern. Poetry could just be a list of jotted down words that came off the top of the person’s head.

If one is aiming to write a poem it is useful to know by detail the basic elements of poetry to understand and control better what and how to say things, they are: voice, stanza, sound patterns, figures of speech and the poetic forms.

What differentiates poem from other works of writing? What makes you realize that what you read is a poem but not a short story? Bearing in mind that the answer might differ from person to person, I believe that the crucial difference is that the underlying message is generally not obvious in the poem, and it forces the readers to think about it for a while to understand its deeper meaning. The fact that the message is not apparent in the poem, is often attributed to the usage of metaphors in the poetry. According to Oxford Dictionary, metaphors are the “figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable”. Even though they are used for different reasons

Poetry is a form of art where one can express their emotion and passion in writing. A writer can convey their thoughts about any subject in condensed forms. The interpretation is left for the reader to decide. Poems can have many different meanings other than what the author initially made it out to be. In the poem “She Walks in Beauty” written by Lord Byron reveals his admiration for a woman by using a symbol, diction, tone, and mood.