The_Sin_Is_In_Living

The Sin Is In Living The Sin is in Living The title of the poem “Living in Sin,” alone makes the mind race. Naturally the thought that comes to mind is the idea of an unmarried person and premarital sex. Most often sin is related to being ungodly. However, the perception that should be gathered after reading this poem is that a title is just that, a title. The speakers wants the reader to acknowledge that life is not about sin in a sexual sense. The sin is not loving and living with someone you are not married to, but in living with someone you do not love. The speaker is a woman. She is expects much more out of life, but receives much less, leaving her truly disillusioned with the life she is currently living. The speaker believes that she should not have to work at a situation that is meant to be. When the poem first begins the reader is immediately drawn to the fact that she the speaker is meant for a different life. “She had thought the studio would keep itself; no dust upon the furniture of love” (1-2). In believing the studio would life, speaker, love, living, sin, out, just, work, way, should, about, someone, relationship, poem, piano, meant, man, keep, title, studio, seems, reader, nothing, night, morning, mind, feels, chosen, being, wishes, upon, until, tune, truly, throughout