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    Virginia Bresko Creative Writing Exercise 2.4 Mustard Yellow Bug It was a hot summer day in the middle of July around one o’clock in the afternoon when I finally decided to venture out of the salty sea that has had a hold on me and my board since six o’clock this morning. I step out of the sea and onto the sand of Honolua Bay‚ one of the top surfing spots in Hawaii. The sand was warm and with each step absorbed my sea wrinkled toes while the breeze made its way through my blonde tangled hair

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    I love you so much‚ but you make me so angry almost all the time. it’s like no matter what I try to say or do‚ it just isn’t good enough for you or what you keep telling me‚ God. I feel like you’re always trying to make me feel guilty talking about “do you think God thinks this is okay?” or “I will leave you in God’s hands now because I can’t do this anymore.” I understand that you feel like I need to get back into church and get more closer to God‚ and that I need more religion in my life. But I

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    Love is Not All "Love is Not All: It is Not Meat Nor Drink‚" a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ uses contrast and mood change as an effective tool to consider a thought. The work is similar to Italian or Petrarchan sonnet; it is divided into two parts‚ an octet followed by a sestet. However the rhythm scheme does not follow the Italian form. In the first portion of the poem the octet is a continuous statement from the first line to the eighth line. The octet has the abab‚ cdcd‚ rhythm scheme.

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    woman and distressed]" by Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sonnet‚ “I‚ Being Born a Woman and Distressed‚” serves as an excellent example of a multi-faceted piece. From one angle‚ it is simply a Petrarchan sonnet‚ written with a slight variation on rhyme scheme – but that variation‚ taken deeper‚ reveals new layers of meaning. Added to Millay’s choice of meter and end-stop‚ along with a background of Millay’s person‚ this sonnet seems not so “simple” after all.        Millay‚ though

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    Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ a poet and playwright ‚ was best known for her lyrical poetry. She wrote many poems‚ on topics such as love‚ fidelity‚ erotic desire‚ and feminist issues. The part of Millay that wasn’t highly publicized is that she addressed herself as a bisexual and had many affairs with woman before her marriage. It is not said if she continued sexual involments with women after her marriage (though it is quite possible)‚ nor it is not said which of her poems are written about women

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    married Eugen Boissevain‚ the couple agreed to have an open marriage‚ and she continued to write lustful poetry in which it is unclear if the beloved addressed in her sonnets refer to men or women. In “Not in silver casket cool with pearls”‚ Edna expresses her love for a beloved who appears to be female; Vincent drops subtle hints in the sonnet alluding to the lover’s gender‚ and she employs sensory details and sound devices to establish a tone of confidence‚ security‚ and joy as she articulates the fact

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    Sonnet

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    A sonnet is a form of lyric poetry with fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme. (Lyric poetry presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty observation.) The meter of Shakespeare’s sonnets is iambic pentameter (except in Sonnet 145). The only exceptions are Sonnets 99‚ 126‚ and 145. Number 99 has fifteen lines. Number 126 consists of six couplets‚ and two blank lines marked with italic brackets; 145 is in iambic tetrameters‚

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    Sonnet 29

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    Analysis of Sonnet 29 Sonnet 29 is a poem written by Edna St Vincent Millay. It shows that the poet realizes that the one she loves did not love her long enough. Throughout the entire poem‚ she employs metaphors in order to connect the ideas with the message of suffering love causes. Edna St Vincent echoes “Pity me not” in the sonnet because it highlights the reader should not feel guilty about anything that goes wrong with her. As in the first six verses she talks about how nature also deteriorates

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    eyes. A place where laughter is the only rule and lessons are learned in paradox school. Author notes Sonnet Sonnets are formal poems and consist of 14 lines (3 quatrains and a couplet) ‚ traditionally written in iambic pentameter - that is‚ in lines ten syllables long‚ with accents falling on every second syllable Desperation Guppie Stokes What will I write about in this sonnet?  Of who’s existence I really don’t care... Why‚ just the thought of doing it Makes me feel the need for fresh

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    In the poem “I‚ Being Born a Woman and Distressed”‚ by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ the topic of women’s freedom to express themselves sexually is especially prominent. The poem goes into much detail of a woman and her experiences of simply wanting to be with another person sexually‚ without being in a committed relationship. The poet explains the trouble women go through for wanting to be sexually active‚ and the difficulties they face. This poem explains a woman’s desires to be promiscuous‚ and the

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