Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I CANNOT DANCE UPON MY TOES, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: It's full as opera Subject(s): Ballet; Wit & Humor | ||||||||
I cannot dance upon my Toes- No Man instructed me- But oftentimes, among my mind, A Glee possesseth me, That had I Ballet knowledge- Would put itself abroad In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe- Or lay a Prima, mad, And though I had no Gown of Gauze- No Ringlet, to my Hair, Nor hopped to Audiences-like Birds, One Claw upon the Air, Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls, Nor rolled on wheels of snow Till I was out of sight, in sound, The House encore me so- Nor any know I know the Art I mention-easy-Here- Nor any Placard boast me- It's full as Opera- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BALLAD OF BASEBALL BURDENS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS BASEBALL?ÇÖS SAD LEXICON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS BRICKS AND STRAW by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LORD HEYGATE by HILAIRE BELLOC ON A GREAT ELECTION by HILAIRE BELLOC IMITATION OF THOMSON by ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE |
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