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Analysis Of Oh You Will Be Sorry By Edna St. David Millay

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Edna St. Vincent Millay, in her sonnet “Oh, Oh, You Will Be Sorry,” writes that the speaker gets bully on what she does and at the end, she has gone somewhere. She develops this idea by first, introducing the title’s noun which is “ word” and suggesting to exchange her “ book” with a “kiss” so that she will have the book with her; second, by questioning, who says “...such a little head!” and describing the image of her after she puts the new “hat” on in order to show how pretty she is; third, by exaggerating the love of her towards the “enemy or ...friend” and by declaring that she would not bother to share her “opinions”; forth, by stating irony when she mentions “ sweet and crafty, soft and sly”; fifth, by implying that she will be gone
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