Shakespeare's sonnet 116 he explains the factors of true love. He spends the whole poem telling us that love is this immovable object that follows no rules but it's own. That love doesn't even stop for death, it "bears it out even to the edge of doom." Millay however is talking about a different kind of love. Shes talking about past love or even one night stands. The woman in the story could even be a prostitute and we know is that she is alone in the wake of a quick fling.
Good observations! How do you interpret the phrase "marriage of two minds" in the context of true love (Shakespeare 1)? How does love figure into "one night stands" in Millay's sonnet?
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