Recuerdo by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Name: Recuerdo
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay

The poem explores the speaker's nostalgia for a past love affair that has ended. The speaker recounts memories of the relationship, from the initial spark to the eventual decline. Throughout the poem, the speaker expresses a sense of longing and melancholy, acknowledging the impossibility of recapturing what has been lost.

By Edna St. Vincent Millay · First published 1920 · Genre: Poetry, Romantic, Narrative · 251 words

First lines

We were very tired, we were very merry -- We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.

It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable -- But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon; And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.

We were very tired, we were very merry -- We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry; And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear, From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere; And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.

We were very tired, we were very merry, We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.

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Work type: Poem
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Date: 1920 CE
Language: English
Genres: Poetry, Romantic, Narrative
Length: 251 words
Structure: 1 section, 5 paragraphs
Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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Poetry — The work is written in verse, with a rhythmic and rhyming structure, typical of poetry.
Romantic — The narrative revolves around a shared experience between two individuals, with a focus on emotions and sensory details, characteristic of the romantic genre.
Narrative — Despite its poetic form, the work tells a story of an event or series of events, making it fit into the narrative genre.