Millay Sonnett Analysis: Not In A Silver Casket

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American History

 

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Marshall M

 

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April 14, 2013

 

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A couple discovered her and sponsored her education at Vassar College where Vincent experimented with her sexuality. She openly expressed her bisexuality, and continued to have both male and female sexual partners. When she married Eugen Boissevain, the couple agreed to have an open marriage, and she continued to write lustful poetry in which it is unclear if the beloved addressed in her sonnets refer to men or women...
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When she married Eugen Boissevain, the couple agreed to have an open marriage, and she continued to write lustful poetry in which it is unclear if the beloved addressed in her sonnets refer to men or women. In “Not in silver casket cool with pearls”, Edna expresses her love for a beloved who appears to be female; Vincent drops subtle hints in the sonnet alluding to the lover’s gender, and she employs sensory details and sound devices to establish a tone of confidence, security, and joy as she articulates the fact that her non-traditional ways of expressing her love are just as legitimate as the traditional ways she dismisses...
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