Love Is Not All; It Is Not Meat nor Drink

Millay, Edna St. Vincent

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Sonnet

Annotated by:
Chen, Irene
Aull, Felice
  • Date of entry: Aug-01-1993

Summary

The poem begins by describing many things that love cannot do, including its inability to heal. The poet observes, however, that many have died "for lack of love alone"; and considers whether, in moments of suffering, she would trade love (which keeps the individual alive) for peace/release.

Miscellaneous

First published: 1931

Primary Source

Collected Poems

Publisher

Harper

Place Published

New York

Edition

1956

Editor

Norma Millay