English

Clara Buck

30 December, 20:18

Read these stanzas from Edna St. Vincent Millay's poems.

"Ebb"

"Song of a Second April"

I know what my heart is like

Since your love died:

It is like a hollow ledge

Holding a little pool

Left there by the tide,

A little tepid pool,

Drying inward from the edge

The larger streams run still and deep,

Noisy and swift the small brooks run

Among the mullein stalks the sheep

Go up the hillside in the sun,

Pensively,-only you are gone,

You that alone I cared to keep.

How are the messages of these two poems similar?

Both poems suggest that nature heals all wounds.

Both poems indicate that lost love causes loneliness.

Both poems indicate that people must spend time alone.

Both poems suggest that mourning should take place outside.