Essay #3 : "I, Being Born a Women and Distressed" By Edna St. Vincent Millay The poem "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed" by Edna St. Vincent exudes many different tones through out the poem. The poem dips into the psyche of a woman who is broken hearted over a fleeting lover. The tone of this poem can be broken up into two parts. The first part relays the poet's confusion for the way society forces …showed first 75 words of 551 total…

…showed last 75 words of 551 total…rhyme schemes separate is Millay clever way of showing change in tone. The poem "I, Being Born a Women and Distressed" begins with a women who is truly in distress. She is worrying about what society will say when she is alone, and why she needs a companion. At the end she realizes that the guy she was with was not worth ducking societies woes and accepts that she is her own woman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**