Blog 12: Poem Paraphrase Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay's sonnet "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why" represents an older woman persona speaking about having had many loves in her life. Perhaps because she has had many or because she is older, she can't remember then all. Tonight, those lost loves seem close though still unremembered, and she thinks sadly that she is lonely. Yet, she knows and perhaps is comforted by the fact that she once loved. I love the line "summer sang in me." It seems to suggest fulfillment of young love, which would be a good memory.