The theme of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “Travel” is wanderlust: a strong desire or impulse to travel. Millay uses the train as a symbol for traveling on to new adventures with new people.
The first two stanzas span the course of a day. During the day, even though the narrator seems content with her life filled with friends, she hears the call of the faraway train. She thinks of what could be.
During the...
The theme of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “Travel” is wanderlust: a strong desire or impulse to travel. Millay uses the train as a symbol for traveling on to new adventures with new people.
The first two stanzas span the course of a day. During the day, even though the narrator seems content with her life filled with friends, she hears the call of the faraway train. She thinks of what could be.
During the night, which is meant for rest and contentment, she visualizes the train moving on. Once again, the night train represents the opportunities that exist outside of her current realm.
In the final stanza, the narrator explains she is happy with her life and friends but she has a yearning for the people she has yet to meet. She laments her lack of opportunity, saying, “Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take, No matter where it’s going.”
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