Blog 2: [What lips have kissed, and where, and why] P.E.E. body paragraphs

St. Vincent Millay’s “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” suggests that we must cherish what we have now because we never know when we will lose it forever.---Viann

This week we are learning how to write P.E.E (point> evidence> explanation) body paragraphs. I am going to write about [what lips have kissed, and where, and why] by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The speaker states that "I only know that summer sang in me a little while, that in me sings no more"(13-14). The speaker is referring summer to her past, that time when she was still young and have many lovers. This word "Summer" also has multi-meanings, it can be also interpreted as happiness, flirtatious, young, alive and also the time when she was sexually active. Summer only sang in her a little while because we know that time pass fast, we grow old without noticing it. Time never stop for us. 
"Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, nor knows that birds have vanished one by one."(9-10) The speaker portrays herself as a lonely winter tree and her lovers as birds. We know that trees are "naked" during winter time so the speaker is saying that she is now old and all her lovers had left her already. Being alone for rest of your life is a terrible thing. The speaker is alone and without physical affection. The speaker noticed it too late and she is now alone, birds are gone now. The speaker had also forgotten her past as she mentioned in line 2-3 "i have forgotten, and what arms have lain under my head till morning." It expressed sadness, regrets and lonesomeness in search of love. she feels sad that she has only lost but never gained. love is not something that you can keep forever so cherish it when you have it don't be regret when you lose it. 

winter tree