All right,
Go ahead!
What’s in a name?
I guess I’ll be locked into
As much as I’m locked out of!
Go ahead!
What’s in a name?
I guess I’ll be locked into
As much as I’m locked out of!

1892 - 1950/Female/AmericanA poet and playwright, Millay was known for her feminist activism, in which she explored female sexuality and women's rights.
View profile & all 50 Poems / StoriesSearching my heart for its true sorrow,This is the thing I find to be:
When I too long have looked upon your face,Wherein for me a brightness unobscured
The trees along this city street,Save for the traffic and the trains,
Only until this cigarette is ended,A little moment at the end of all,
Be to her, Persephone,All the things I might not be;