Read the following excerpt from Sonnet XLIII, "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why" by Edna St. Vincent Millay:
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply.
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Which statement best analyzes how the poet's word choice in this excerpt