Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SUCH A NIGHT, OR SUCH A NIGHT, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Should reach so small a goal! Subject(s): Children | ||||||||
On such a night, or such a night, Would anybody care If such a little figure Slipped quiet from its chair - So quiet - Oh how quiet, That nobody might know But that the little figure Rocked softer - to and fro - On such a dawn, or such a dawn - Would anybody sigh That such a little figure Too sound asleep did lie For Chanticleer to wake it - Or stirring house below - Or giddy bird in orchard - Or early task to do? There was a little figure plump For every little knoll - Busy needles, and spools of thread - And trudging feet from school - Playmates, and holidays, and nuts - And visions vast and small - Strange that the feet so precious charged Should reach so small a goal! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE |
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