<P> `` I , being born a woman and distressed '' is a poem by American author Edna St. Vincent Millay . The poem appeared in Millay 's 1923 collection The Harp - Weaver and Other Poems . The first - person speaker of the fourteen - line , Italian sonnet addresses a potential lover . She confesses to an intense physical attraction but denies the possibility of any emotional or intellectual connection . </P>
<P> `` I , being born a woman and distressed '' is a poem by American author Edna St. Vincent Millay . The poem appeared in Millay 's 1923 collection The Harp - Weaver and Other Poems . The first - person speaker of the fourteen - line , Italian sonnet addresses a potential lover . She confesses to an intense physical attraction but denies the possibility of any emotional or intellectual connection . </P>
when was i being born a woman and distressed written
when was i being born a woman and distressed written
1923
1923