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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CATERPILLAR, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Intent upon its own career %what use has it for me
Variant Title(s): How Soft A Caterpillar Steps; Poem: 1448; Poem: 152
Subject(s): Caterpillars; Insects
Last Line: Intent upon its own career %what use has it for me
Variant Title(s): How Soft A Caterpillar Steps; Poem: 1448; Poem: 152
Subject(s): Caterpillars; Insects
How soft a Caterpillar steps -
I find one on my Hand
From such a velvet world it comes
Such plushes at command
Its soundless travels just arrest
My slow - terrestrial eye
Intent upon its own career
What use has it for me
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