Vincent Millay. In this poem the speaker is a lonely person who cannot remember his or her past loves. The tone throughout the whole poem is sad and gloomy. We can notice that by the diction with the use of unhappy words such as “ghosts” (4), “pain” (6), “cry” (8) and “lonely” (9). Moreover, in the octave it seems that the speaker uses depictions that involves all of our senses in order to demonstrate the loneliness. We can imagine the touch of “lips have kissed” (1) and “arms have lain” (2); there is a use of the sight sense in the “rain / is full of ghosts tonight” (3-4), as well as hearing of “tap and sigh / upon the glass” (4-5). Thus, the speaker emphasizes that loneliness and miserable surround her or him all over and can be felt in many different
Vincent Millay. In this poem the speaker is a lonely person who cannot remember his or her past loves. The tone throughout the whole poem is sad and gloomy. We can notice that by the diction with the use of unhappy words such as “ghosts” (4), “pain” (6), “cry” (8) and “lonely” (9). Moreover, in the octave it seems that the speaker uses depictions that involves all of our senses in order to demonstrate the loneliness. We can imagine the touch of “lips have kissed” (1) and “arms have lain” (2); there is a use of the sight sense in the “rain / is full of ghosts tonight” (3-4), as well as hearing of “tap and sigh / upon the glass” (4-5). Thus, the speaker emphasizes that loneliness and miserable surround her or him all over and can be felt in many different