"I know what my heart is like / Since your love died: / It is like a hollow ledge / Holding a little pool / Left there by the tide, / A little tepid pool, / Drying inward from the edge."
— Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1892-1950)
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Mitchell Kennedy
Date
1921
Metaphor
"I know what my heart is like / Since your love died: / It is like a hollow ledge / Holding a little pool / Left there by the tide, / A little tepid pool, / Drying inward from the edge."
Metaphor in Context
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Millay, Edna St. Vincent . "Ebb. "Second April. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. p. 55. <Link to RPO>
Date of Entry
01/07/2010
