THROW roses on the sea where the dead went down.
The roses speak to the sea,
And the sea to the dead.
Throw roses, O lovers—
Let the leaves wash on the salt in the sun. 5

Analysis, meaning and summary of Carl Sandburg's poem Throw Roses

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