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The author, Marilyn Chin has expressed several emotions within the poem through the use of descriptive imagery. Marilyn Chin alters the tones of the piece, subsequently stimulating the readers mind and body. er use of figurative speech captivates the reader, and allows them

to experience her emotional !ourney. The piece is reflective of a short lived relationship between a young woman possibly the author, and her encounter with a desirable partner with whom she has had a brief sexual encounter. This is concluded in the first stan"a, which has her explaining that her companion has spent the night and that she does not mind him staying to eat, but she does not want them to remain afterward. er statement that there is nothing worse than

last nights love implies there was a sexual occurrence of some sort. #he also reflects on former companions during the third stan"a, speculating if her present beau plans to follow similar actions ta$en by her previous partners. #he describes her previous lovers as being scorned, possibly due to her actions during their brief encounters. Throughout the poem the young womans sentiments toward her lover change via each stan"a. The author has left out any indication of what her partners gender was, or the gender of any of her previous partners. There is a profound sexual undertone expressed throughout the piece which could also be associated with the title of the poem. #ummer love usually means a brief love affair during the summer months between two people who $now it will come to an end. The poems three stan"as could be interpreted as a representation of summer which has three months.