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Essay #3 : "I, Being Born a Women and Distressed"

The poem "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed" by Edna St. Vincent exudes many different tones through out the poem. The poem dips into the psyche of a woman who is broken hearted over a fleeting lover. The tone of this poem can be broken up into two parts. The first part relays the poet's confusion for the way society forces women to be dependent on men. The last part portrays a woman who forgives the heartbreaker for his pitfalls and takes it upon herself to deal with her inner most feelings independently.

This poem is directed toward a male who has broken the poet's heart. Yet she doesn't blame the lover for his actions. The first five lines of the poem, Millay drones on about how society has instilled in the mind of women th

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" She also ends the poem on a very sarcastic yet heart less statement. She is worrying about what society will say when she is alone, and why she needs a companion. At the end she realizes that the guy she was with was not worth ducking societies woes and accepts that she is her own woman. The first eight lines of the poem have an "abbaabba" rhyme scheme. This tone is very prudent is because she refers the their relationship as "treason" and "frenzy". Simply, Millay assures the lover that she will not hold a grudge against him, yet at the same time makes it know that the relationship didn't mean much in the first place. The sarcasm is boldly shown when she remarks "I shall remember you with love, or season / my scorn with pity,. The second eight lines of the poem have a "cdcdcd" rhyme scheme.

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The tone in the second part of the poem has a drastically different tone.

Millay also conveys the drastic change in tone through the rhyme scheme.

The poem "I, Being Born a Women and Distressed" begins with a women who is truly in distress. Keeping the two rhyme schemes separate is Millay clever way of showing change in tone. "I find this frenzy insufficient reason / For conversation when we meet again. " She is stating that the relationship is not worth mentioning ever and is such a miniscule part of her life that it is not worth conversation.

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