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Analysis and comments on Well, I Have Lost You by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Comment 6 of 36, added on December 12th, 2005 at 12:13 PM.

Why do you think that the title of this poem is Fatal Interview? Nowhere
does it say that that is the real title, not to mention, Well, I Have Lost
You is in the literature book in my hand titled Well, I Have Lost You, and
that that is what it is titled EVERYWHERE from the internet to the actual
book. You my friend, are wrong.

Karli from United States
Comment 5 of 36, added on September 8th, 2005 at 10:41 PM.

The poem is a confession that she might have said or done something that
would have pulled her headstrong loved one away from a path of potential
destruction. She is dealing with the guilt and reccognition that {her}
paths not taken might have resulted in the person making a different choice
resulting in a possible extension of life. But, yet, she knowingly chose to
live honestly and chose to claim the genuine authinicity of relationship
between the partnership. She is greiving for the loss of what might have
been but acknowledging the "what might have been" would only have been for
a season. And is that worth the sacrifice of integrity of a relationship?
In the concclusion, although the regret, loss, and pain is crippling,
humans survive. The person who was lost made the choice that is consistent
with his sense of self and so the relationship remained intact and she
says, "shall have only good to say of you."

LAH from United States
Comment 4 of 36, added on August 30th, 2005 at 6:25 PM.

In lit last year, we had to evaluate poetry. I chose this poem. The meaning
I have gathered from this poem is that if you love someone you'll let them
go. It's about someone who had to give up someone at the expense of their
happiness for the happiness of the other person.

Mirandi from United States
Comment 3 of 36, added on June 15th, 2005 at 8:07 PM.

The name of this poem is NOT Well I have lost you. The title is Fatal
Interview, with a roman numeral after it.


Elaine Berrian from United States
Comment 2 of 36, added on May 1st, 2005 at 4:17 PM.

i believe this poem is about a woman who tried valiently to reclaim the
heart of a man but failed. She is saying that she tried without pride or
reservation but has failed to gain that love. She has no regrets about
either the man or her failed atttempts. After all is done she cannot undo
the damage (no matter what she tries) and takes responsibility.

ali from United Kingdom
Comment 1 of 36, added on April 28th, 2005 at 7:34 AM.

This is a good poem, but I do not really understand what it is meant to
say. I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days because I
was assigned it in a class, and we are supposed to interrpret it, but I
don't think that I am getting the right interpretation about it. So if
anyone could, please help me.

Shilo Molepske from United States

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Information about Well, I Have Lost You

Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poem: Well, I Have Lost You
Volume: Collected Poems, Harper & Row
Year: 1931
Added: May 7 2003
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