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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DYING! TO BE AFRAID OF THEE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And love and the reverse Variant Title(s): Poem: 831; Poem: 94 Subject(s): Love | |||
Dying! To be afraid of thee One must to thine Artillery Have left exposed a Friend - Than thine old Arrow is a Shot Delivered straighter to the Heart The leaving Love behind. Not for itself, the Dust is shy, But, enemy, Beloved be Thy Batteries divorce. Fight sternly in a Dying eye Two Armies, Love and Certainty And Love and the Reverse. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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