Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NEAREST DREAM RECEDES, UNREALIZED, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: That brews that rare variety! Subject(s): Dreams | ||||||||
The nearest Dream recedes - unrealized - The Heaven we chase, Like the June Bee - before the School Boy, Invites the Race - Stoops - to an easy Clover - Dips - evades - teases - deploys - Then - to the Royal Clouds Lifts his light Pinnace - Heedless of the Boy - Staring - bewildered - at the mocking sky - Homesick for steadfast Honey - Ah, the Bee flies not That brews that rare variety! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: A DREAM by LYN HEJINIAN VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL |
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