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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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 Comment 5 of 5, 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 Comment 4 of 5, added on June 10th, 2007 at 7:02 PM. this poem makes me want to poop all over the place!!! franz haroldson from Australia Comment 3 of 5, added on November 16th, 2005 at 10:22 AM. When my husband first died I became obsessed with wanting time to fly so the pain I felt would stop, but what I now realize is the longer you go without seeing a loved one the more you ache for their presence. That's exactly what this poem is saying - that even avoiding things you've shared doesn't help because his absence is preset everywhere. This poem is equal to Huxley's "Stop all the clocks" for a powerful description of loss and the conviction that "nothing now can come to any good". Merle Amodeo from Canada 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 5 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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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: Jul 25 2008, 9:19AM Viewed 7189 times. Added on November 16th, 2005 at 10:22 AM.

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