Poem Structure
What is the type of poem?
Petrarchan/Italian sonnet
When does the video change perspectives and what does it represent.
The video switches to the woman's perspective when she enters the piano rooms and it represents her hope for relief of her heartbreak but the realization that the memories still follow her when she sees him even in a place he had not been.
Why is the use of "they" significant in the tone?
Shows her resentment towards those who told her time would heal her heartbreak.
What forward-thinking ideas made Millay controversial.
Her support of feminist issues.
What is expressed in the first four lines of the poem?
Anger because time was supposed to relieve her of her pain and heartbreak but it didn't.
What are two literary techniques the author uses in the poem?
Possible answers: Imagery, personification, or repetition.
What does the song playing in the video represent?
The memories of her past lover.
At what line did the tone shift in the poem?
Line 11 or line 9
What work is Millay well known for?
Renascence
What is expressed in the middle four lines of the poem?
The time passing but the heartbreak is still there.
What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
ABBA ABBA CDEEDC
What song is playing in the background?
Someone Like You by Adele
What emotions could describe the difference in tone.
Heartbroken and angry, calm and tranquil, hopeful, and the heartbreak returns.
What award did Millay win and for what piece of writing?
Pulitzer Prize, The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
What is the conclusion reached by the woman in the poem by the end of the poem?
That it is not the places that remind her of him but the memories and feelings she has that remind her.