Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ONLY GHOST I EVER SAW, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Since that appalling day! Subject(s): Ghosts | ||||||||
The only Ghost I ever saw Was dressed in Mechlin - so - He wore no sandal on his foot - And stepped like flakes of snow - His Gait - was soundless, like the Bird - But rapid - like the Roe - His fashions, quaint, Mosaic - Or haply, Mistletoe - His conversation - seldom - His laughter, like the Breeze - That dies away in Dimples Among the pensive Trees - Our interview - was transient - Of me, himself was shy - And God forbid I look behind - Since that appalling Day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EIGHT VARIATIONS by WELDON KEES RELATING TO ROBINSON by WELDON KEES RETURN OF THE GHOST by WELDON KEES WHITE NOCTURNE by CONRAD AIKEN |
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