tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677025398205992200.post8884442731370015705..comments2022-03-26T07:41:26.619-07:00Comments on Madeline's AP English Blog: Tone Analysis of "Love Is Not All," a poem by Edna St. Vincent MillayMaddie Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468967852053529019noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677025398205992200.post-54833878263941018022015-10-22T16:40:29.254-07:002015-10-22T16:40:29.254-07:00Very difficult to read with current background. Pi...Very difficult to read with current background. Pity.BlueMozarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081159966275483727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677025398205992200.post-32257265873145784612010-11-18T09:11:42.312-08:002010-11-18T09:11:42.312-08:00I love Edna St. Vincent Millay sososososososososos...I love Edna St. Vincent Millay sosososososososososo much.<br /><br />Excellent analysis Maddie, though I want you to seek out even more so the EMOTIONAL quality of the poem. You're absolutely right: the first eight lines are logic driven, and your comments on the syntax and how they inform the meaning is wonderfully astute. Likewise, your note of the switch to staccato sentences marks a shift; the author now bucks all that practicality she first described, and acknowledges she would be keep this love even if it meant sacrificing far more practical things. What is the EMOTIONAL tone of that last couplet? It's more than just irrational-- in fact, it might actually be the most "rational" line of the poem, depending on your opinion of love. ("Much madness is divinest sense...") Still though: what is the emotional tone of the poet in that moment?<br /><br />I also feel like there's a shift between the first quatrain and the second; the first focuses on nature, and the images are, as you say, more tranquil. However, the second quatrain is all about the body-- it's more primal, more biological. Bones are fractured; lungs are thick. ("To what end?") The stakes have risen here: we see that love cannot provide for us even our most basic biological needs.<br /><br />How does the emotional quality change for us as the diction changes?<br /><br />You clearly understand this poem; taken your understanding one step further now. Let it seep out of your head and saturate your heart... then tell me how it feels. :)<br /><br />9/10Weismanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937004670694253698noreply@blogger.com