Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I RECKON - WHEN I COUNT AT ALL, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: To justify the dream Subject(s): Summer; Poetry & Poets; Heaven | ||||||||
I reckon - when I count at all - First - Poets - Then the Sun - Then Summer - Then the Heaven of God - And then - the List is done - But, looking back - the First so seems To Comprehend the Whole - The Others look a needless Show - So I write - Poets - All - Their Summer - lasts a Solid Year - They can afford a Sun The East - would deem extravagant - And if the Further Heaven - Be Beautiful as they prepare For Those who worship Them - It is too difficult a Grace - To justify the Dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN by EDWARD FIELD THE CITY OF GOD by LINDA GREGG |
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