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Sonnet 29 - Coggle Diagram
Sonnet 29
Next two lines
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Shows that maybe their relationship failed because of the male or at least she holds him responsible
She then suddenly addresses him in second person and it clear that she is talking to her former lover
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1st two lines
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Lexical field of ending ('waning,' 'ebbing')
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It seems like she is talking about being killed - 'out,' 'hushed'
Language
Emphatic positioning
When words are placed at certain points in a line to create a particular effect. This is done when you is placed in the start of the sentence and me is placed in the end. This shows the distance between her and her lover and the isolation she feels too.
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CDCD rhyme scheme - reveals synchrony in nature and shows a peaceful and natural ending. Everything must end and the rhyme scheme reflects that this is not something that needs to be pitied.
She is asking that she should not be pitied because the moon is not as bright or as big as it had been, just like the love she and her lover had experienced. In the next two lines, Millay shifts to speak directly to and about her lost love. This is now where it becomes evident that the speaker is talking directly to her former lover since she uses the pronoun “you.” She does not want her lover to pity her because of the desire and love her partner once felt for her as fled, and she explicitly tells her lover not to pity her for no longer loving her.
Pity me not the waning of the moon/Nor that the ebbing tide goes out to sea,/Nor that a man’s desire is hushed so soon,/And you no longer look with love on me.