Read "Sonnet VII" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Then, answer the question that follows.
When I too long have looked upon your face,
Wherein for me a brightness unobscured
Save by the mists of brightness has its place,
And terrible beauty not to be endured,
I turn away reluctant from your light,
And stand irresolute, a mind undone,
A silly, dazzled thing deprived of sight
From having looked too long upon the sun.
Then is my daily life a narrow room
In which a little while, uncertainly,
Surrounded by impenetrable gloom,
Among familiar things grown strange to me
Making my way, I pause, and feel, and hark,
Till I become accustomed to the dark.
How does the sonnet structure add to the poem’s meaning?
It repeats the benefits of staring directly at the sun for too long.
It consistently discusses one idea throughout.
It shows the contrast or shift between two different emotions.
It shows the importance of surrounding yourself with large groups of people.