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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE IS A PAIN - SO UTTER, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Would drop him — bone by bone
Subject(s): Pain; Memory
Last Line: Would drop him — bone by bone
Subject(s): Pain; Memory
There is a pain - so utter -
It swallows substance up -
Then covers the Abyss with Trance -
So Memory can step
Around - across - upon it -
As one within a Swoon -
Goes safely - where an open eye -
Would drop Him - Bone by Bone.
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