![]() Each of the poems in this volume is inspired by the lives of those that lived in the same area that Masters did. Like the rest of the poems contained within Masters’ greatest work, Spoon River Anthology, the speaker in this piece is someone who has passed on. Hooted at, jeered at by the Yahoos of the streetįor my heavy body, cock-eye, and rolling walk, ![]() She sinks into death and depression and her final wish is that her poems be collected into a volume and published by a local newspaper. After this, her life quickly comes to an end. She does not conform to traditional standards of beauty, making her an easy target for “the Yahoos.”Īt some point during her life, she was forced to, or decided to, give in to the attentions of “Butch” Weldy, a no-good man, who after getting her pregnant leaves her to get an abortion. Others living in her same village find it easy to make fun of her “heavy body,” and her slanted walk. ![]() Every day she is “Hooted at” and made fun of. She tells the reader that she is the “village poetess,” and that her life has been filled with the disparaging comments of others. ![]() The poem begins with the speaker introducing herself. ‘Minerva Jones’ by Edgar Lee Masters describes the tragic life of a young woman and her solitary death. ![]()
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