Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WOUNDED DEER LEAPS HIGHEST, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: "and ""you're hurt"" exclaim!" Subject(s): Death; Deer | ||||||||
A wounded deer leaps highest, I've heard the hunter tell ; 'T is but the ecstasy of death, And then the brake is still. The smitten rock that gushes, The trampled steel that springs : A cheek is always redder Just where the hectic stings! Mirth is the mail of anguish, In which it cautions arm, Lest anybody spy the blood And "You're hurt" exclaim! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER HOW TO SEE DEER by PHILIP BOOTH A SUNDAY DRIVE THROUGH EAGLE COUNTRY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR SECOND BOOK OF ODES: 4 by BASIL BUNTING |
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