Through out Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sonnet she uses multiple forms of Syntax and Diction. That contributes to the overall mood tone of her poem. Like most sonnets, this one involves the presence and or persistence of love. In this sonnet Only Until the Cigarette Is Ended the poet draws a reader's attention to an image of her smoking a cigarette and reminiscing about her past love.
The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay uses forms of Syntax in her poem to create suspense and introduce a feeling of realism that makes the reader part of the situation. It becomes more intense and illustrates the ideas of the poet to the reader. The author used a paradox in her poem “The vision of you, by all my dreams attended. ” (Millay, line 8) the words dreams attended …show more content…
The choice of words used were words the listener or reader can understand easily. The poet utilizes proper diction and proper word choices to get her message across. Examples of dictions utilized in the sonnet are connotation, and denotation. All of these instances are used in one line of the sonnet. “ And then, adieu, —farewell! —the dream is done. ” (Millay, line 9) the word adieu in that line can be seen as a denotation or a connotation. Millay uses denotation where the hyphen is put, to uncover the exact meaning of the word adieu. Millay also uses connotation in the same area but vice versa, by demonstrating the implicit meaning of Farewell rather than the explicit definition. “Yours is a face of which I can forget The colour and the features” (Millay, line 10-11) with her word choice these line could also be seen as a double entendre, as she could be referring to her lost love or to her cigarette. If one smokes a cigarette, it's very hard to forget what it looks like, just like it's hard to forget an Ex looks Like. Its safe to say the author could have been trying to use ethos or logos to appeal to both logic and credibility. This is how the author use multiple forms of diction to effectively engage the listener and or reader in the …show more content…
An example comes is the line 9. When Millay explains the word adieu using the hyphens. Most of the words were either 2, 3, or 4 syllables making it easier for a reader to grasp. Her use of clear language also makes it so reader doesn't have to look through a thesaurus to figure out what the word Jazzing means. Compared to what one would do while reading Shakespeare’s sonnet. These examples uncovers how the author uses clear language to make the read and or listener grasps the meaning behind the
The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay uses forms of Syntax in her poem to create suspense and introduce a feeling of realism that makes the reader part of the situation. It becomes more intense and illustrates the ideas of the poet to the reader. The author used a paradox in her poem “The vision of you, by all my dreams attended. ” (Millay, line 8) the words dreams attended …show more content…
The choice of words used were words the listener or reader can understand easily. The poet utilizes proper diction and proper word choices to get her message across. Examples of dictions utilized in the sonnet are connotation, and denotation. All of these instances are used in one line of the sonnet. “ And then, adieu, —farewell! —the dream is done. ” (Millay, line 9) the word adieu in that line can be seen as a denotation or a connotation. Millay uses denotation where the hyphen is put, to uncover the exact meaning of the word adieu. Millay also uses connotation in the same area but vice versa, by demonstrating the implicit meaning of Farewell rather than the explicit definition. “Yours is a face of which I can forget The colour and the features” (Millay, line 10-11) with her word choice these line could also be seen as a double entendre, as she could be referring to her lost love or to her cigarette. If one smokes a cigarette, it's very hard to forget what it looks like, just like it's hard to forget an Ex looks Like. Its safe to say the author could have been trying to use ethos or logos to appeal to both logic and credibility. This is how the author use multiple forms of diction to effectively engage the listener and or reader in the …show more content…
An example comes is the line 9. When Millay explains the word adieu using the hyphens. Most of the words were either 2, 3, or 4 syllables making it easier for a reader to grasp. Her use of clear language also makes it so reader doesn't have to look through a thesaurus to figure out what the word Jazzing means. Compared to what one would do while reading Shakespeare’s sonnet. These examples uncovers how the author uses clear language to make the read and or listener grasps the meaning behind the