Edna St. Vincent Millay grew up in a small town in Maine. She was always encouraged by her mother to pursue her musical and writing talents. She finished college and moved to New York City where she lived a busy life devoting herself to acting and playwriting. Her liveliness, independence and sexuality inspired her writing styles and gave her poetry a freshness that no one else had. She is famous for writing sonnets such as "Which lips my lips have kissed, and where and why." This poem contains many metaphors and symbols relating to how certain seasons make people feel. She compares the feeling of nature to her personal feelings of being alone after having so many lovers. In "Which Lips Have My Lips Kissed, And Where and Why" Millay recalls a time when she had one lover after another. She cries because she lost them all and instead of opening her heart to them and offering her love she remained closed off and simply enjoyed physical connections. Edna St. Vincent Millay may have imagined a speaker for this poem, but she makes it sound like it comes from her personal experiences. Daniel Mark Epstein claims that “the truth about his personal affairs was no less fantastic than the rampant speculation; even now, historians find it difficult to separate Millay's rumors from Millay's facts." The speaker is obviously of advanced age now and feels as if her youth is wasted. “What lips my lips have kissed, and where and why, I have forgotten,” is the first line of Millay's sonnet. This line immediately sets the tone and theme of the poem. She dated many men when she was young. Night after night, she remembers kissing them and being with them, but admits she has forgotten names, faces, places and even the reason because... middle of the page... there she will see the impact her words will have on the company. His hope is that his plea to the wind will spread his work around the world and inspire awareness and imagination. In "Whose lips have my lips kissed, and where and why?" Edna St. Vincent Millay says that "summer sang in me," meaning that it was once as bright and lively as the warm summer months. In winter everyone wants to cover up and be lazy, but when summer arrives the sun tends to remove the limits that the cold once had on us. He uses the metaphor of summer to express the freedom he once felt in his youth, and winter in contrast to the boring and meaningless life he lives now. There are many poets who feel a connection with the changing seasons. In “Odes to the West Wind” Percy Bysshe Shelley describes his hopes and expectations for the seasons to inspire the world.