I said,—for Love was laggard, O, Love was slow to come,—
"I'll hear his step and know his step when I am warm in
bed;
But I'll never leave my pillow, though there be some
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My interpretation: a woman who's finally fed up with the man carousing all night. Nicely written piece!
According to what I got the poem is about social injustice. Edna is striving to gain what she is not given under capitalism.