Indifference Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Indifference

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I said,—for Love was laggard, O, Love was slow to come,—
"I'll hear his step and know his step when I am warm in
bed;
But I'll never leave my pillow, though there be some
As would let him in—and take him in with tears!" I said.
I lay,—for Love was laggard, O, he came not until dawn,—
I lay and listened for his step and could not get to sleep;
And he found me at my window with my big cloak on,
All sorry with the tears some folks might weep!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dilakshi Navoda 29 June 2017

According to what I got the poem is about social injustice. Edna is striving to gain what she is not given under capitalism.

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Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

My interpretation: a woman who's finally fed up with the man carousing all night. Nicely written piece!

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Kathryn Hansen 27 November 2009

I understand. There is no need to say more, she said it.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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