The statement which best expresses a theme in the poem "Love Is Not All" by Edna St. Vincent Millay is: Love isn't as necessary as food and shelter are, but love is very important. The speaker of the poem is a young woman who claims that love is not a necessity, but she also believes that it is not unimportant. Even though she employs a lot of cynicism, comparing love to basic necessities, she admits that love has its purpose for people's lives.
