![]() And like a Shakespearean sonnet, it begins similarly - by defining love in negative terms first, just as Shakespeare does in Sonnet 116 when he states, "Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds." Here, Millay gives voice to what Love is not, launching off from where Shakespeare leaves us, but holding true to the form which he sets down, from the first line, "Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink" to the last, "It well may be. A system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. This does not however disrupt the flow of the meter. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each vowel sound, and in English poetry, they are based on the different stresses placed on each syllable. In both cases, the meter often has a regular foot. The use of capitalization is standard and conforming to traditional writing norms. The syntax is modern classical/conventional. The sonnet holds true to the sonnet structure as iterated by Shakespeare with 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter setting the course for the subject to announce itself, turn, and surprise in the end. The first sestet (six lines) give the impression that love is not all that important. ![]() ![]() The second sestet then deviates from this course and prompts the reader to rethink love and consider how it may not be physical food but it can be a kind of spiritual food that can cause people to starve if they do not have it. ![]()
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