Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HE PUT THE BELT AROUND MY LIFE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: For whom I must decline? Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
He put the Belt around my life I heard the Buckle snap - And turned away, imperial, My Lifetime folding up - Deliberate, as a Duke would do A Kingdom's Title Deed - Henceforth, a Dedicated sort - A Member of the Cloud. Yet not too far to come at call - And do the little Toils That make the Circuit of the Rest - And deal occasional smiles To lives that stoop to notice mine - And kindly ask it in - Whose invitation, know you not For Whom I must decline? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW |
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