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Celebration Amid Mourning
This short poem mourns Inez Milholland while celebrating her generous, public love. The speaker notes tears for her body but emphasizes gladness that she lived and loved openly, offering affection freely and without cost. The imagery of sunlight and morning air suggests her love was natural, accessible, and communal. The tone blends grief with admiration, framing her death as a loss tempered by the enduring value of her openhearted life.
Read Complete AnalysesTHEY are crying salt tears Over the beautiful beloved body Of Inez Milholland, Because they are glad she lived, Because she loved open-armed, Throwing love for a cheap thing Belonging to everybody- Cheap as sunlight, And morning air.
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