Sonnet 02: Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied - A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay - Sonnet 02: Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied

Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
   Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
   I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
   And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
   But last year's bitter loving must remain
Heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide

There are a hundred places where I fear
   To go,—so with his memory they brim
And entering with relief some quiet place
Where never fell his foot or shone his face
I say, "There is no memory of him here!"
   And so stand stricken, so remembering him!

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Sonnet 02: Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied - Comments and Information
Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay Poem: 2. Sonnet 02: Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied Volume: Renascence and Other Poems - Sonnets Year: Published/Written in 1917 Poem of the Day: Jun 18 2012 Comment 7 of 7, added on March 22nd, 2011 at 11:45 PM. About the poem Firstly,Edna creates here the major theme:time. It is true that we forget about him/her with the passing of time. But it remains forever. Recently i have lost my grandfather. He was very close to me. But i know,he will be in my mind,my heart ever & forever. I have read this poem. I like it. Moumi chatterjee from India Comment 6 of 7, added on May 31st, 2009 at 7:38 PM. I first discoverd this poem a few months after my dearly loved husband of 28 years left me for another woman. I had recorded a programme about poetry and there it was. I remember playing and replaying the programme until I had the poem by heart... how sad am I! 8 yaers later I am still lonely and this poem still talks to me. I don't think it's about death as others do, but that's my opinion and if this sonnet sums up how desolate you feel as it does for me then that's good. Would that I had never been able to understand the feelings it conveys! Julie Flisher from United Kingdom Comment 5 of 7, added on April 18th, 2008 at 3:01 PM. Really , it`s wonderful poem .It expresses our emotions when we loose someone.I like it . Reem from Palestine More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Sonnet 02: Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied, has received 7 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay Poem: 2. Sonnet 02: Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied Volume: Renascence and Other Poems - Sonnets Year: Published/Written in 1917 Last read: 2013-05-20 02:58:48 Poem of the Day: Jun 18 2012 Viewed 14465 times. Added Feb 21 2003.

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