Time does not bring relief

Time does not bring relief; you all have lied

who told me time would ease me of my pain!

I miss him in the weeping of the rain;

I want him at the shrinking of the tide;

the old snows melt from every mountainside,

and last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;

but last year's bitter loving must remain

heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide.

There are a hundred places where I fear

to go-so with his memory they brim

and entering with relief some quiet place

where never fell his foot or shone his face

I say, 'There is no memory of him here!'

and so, stand stricken, so remembering him.

Edna St Vincent Millay

Conclusion: I must say that although this poem is quite sad and sorrowful I enjoyed reading it since it reflects clearly the feelings the author wants to convey. It has to do with loneliness, memory, unhappiness. As I read it, I could perceive the writer's attitude towards the person he loved and still loves. The writer seems to be someone who has been betrayed or someone who has lost the love of his life.