Love and Memory: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed

The video provides an analysis of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem 'What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why.' It includes a reading of the poem, discusses its modern language with an archaic word, and examines its form as a Petrarchan sonnet. The video highlights key imagery such as the disconnected body, rain, and tree, and explores themes of time and love. It also discusses the poem's volta and metaphor, concluding with Millay's influence as a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

What is the archaic word used in the poem, and what does it mean?

• Boughs, meaning branches of a tree

• Lads, meaning young men

• Volta, meaning a shift in tone

• Sestet, meaning a six-line stanza

What distinguishes a Petrarchan sonnet from a Shakespearean sonnet?

• It is written in free verse

• It has more than 14 lines

• It uses a couplet at the end

• It has a different rhyme scheme and structure

What is the significance of the word 'thus' in the poem?

• It is the title of the poem

• It is the poet's favorite word

• It is an example of archaic language

• It marks the volta or shift in the poem

Which image in the poem is described as 'full of ghosts'?

• The rain

• The birds

• The tree

• The lips

What does the tree symbolize in the poem?

• The loneliness of winter

• The passage of time and lost love

• The beauty of summer

• The strength of nature

What theme is suggested by the imagery of the disconnected body parts?

• The beauty of youth

• The strength of the human spirit

• The unity of nature

• The fragmentation of past memories

What historical achievement is associated with Edna St. Vincent Millay?

• First poet to write about nature

• First female poet to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry

• First poet to write a Petrarchan sonnet

• First poet to use modern language in sonnets