Question 18 of 24
Read the following excerpt from Sonnet XLIII, "What lips my lips have kissed,
and where, and why" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
What aspect of this poem most clearly marks it as a work of Modernism?