Analysis of Souvenir

Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)



Just a rainy day or two
In a windy tower,
That was all I had of you—
Saving half an hour.

Marred by greeting passing groups
In a cinder walk,
Near some naked blackberry hoops
Dim with purple chalk.
I remember three or four
Things you said in spite,
And an ugly coat you wore,
Plaided black and white.

Just a rainy day or two
And a bitter word.
Why do I remember you
As a singing bird?


Scheme Abab cxcxdede Afaf
Poetic Form
Metre 1010111 001010 1111111 101110 1110101 00101 1110101 11101 1010111 11101 0110111 1101 1010111 00101 1110101 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 379
Words 80
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 8, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 07, 2023

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism more…

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