Biodegradable confetti, a second-hand dress and politically correct readings are just a few of the thing the modern bride now needs to consider
When Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in Windsor over the weekend, her mother Sarah Ferguson read 'I carry your heart with me' by American poet Edward Estlin Cummings to the happy couple and their guests.
The poet reportedly had multiple relationships with sex workers, including with Marie Louise Lallemand, who he met in Paris in 1917 and who Cummings' drew much of his early inspiration from. In one of his poems, Little Ladies, the writer refers to Lallemand as 'the putain with the ivory throat'. Putain is a French word for 'whore' or 'prostitute'.
Aside from the relatively unknown inspiration behind Cummings' poetry, the language used in his poems has also been called into question. He often wrote racial slurs in his poems and, as a result, was accused of being racist. He denied this of course, claiming his poetry was simply commenting on prejudice.to be called out on their choice of poem today.
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