Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sonnet What lips my lips have kissed and wher

Edna St. Vincent Millays sonnet, What lips my lips have kissed and where and why Edna St. Vincent Millays sonnet, What lips my lips have kissed and where and why, is about being, physically or mentally jaded, and thinking back to the torrid love of ones youth. The ghosts that haunt her are the many lovers of her past shes specifically trying to record them all. She recalls the passion she experienced and how there was a certain feeling within herself. Millay shows this through her vivid imagery, use of the rain as a literary wrench and by paralleling herself with a lonely tree.The use of symbols sets the tone of the piece. She personifies the rain in, But the rain/ Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh/ Upon the glass and listen for reply. She makes t...