We’re going to do the whole poem. Let’s take it from the top.
Wewereverytired,wewereverymerry—
Wehadgonebackandforthallnightontheferry.
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Edited by Gregory Cowles, Alicia DeSantis, Nick Donofrio and Joumana Khatib. Additional editing by Emily Eakin, Tina Jordan, Laura Thompson and Emma Lumeij. Design and development by Umi Syam and Eden Weingart. Additional design by Victoria Pandeirada. Video production by Caroline Kim. Additional video production by McKinnon de Kuyper. Photo editing by Erica Ackerberg. Illustration art direction by Tala Safie.
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Audio of “Recuerdo” from “Edna St. Vincent Millay in Readings From Her Poems” (1941, RCA); accompanying photograph from Associated Press.