Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE'S BEEN A DEATH IN THE OPPOSITE HOUSE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: In just a country town Subject(s): Death | ||||||||
There's been a Death, in the Opposite House, As lately as Today - I know it, by the numb look Such Houses have - alway - The Neighbors rustle in and out - The Doctor - drives away - A Window opens like a Pod - Abrupt - mechanically - Somebody flings a Mattress out - The Children hurry by - They wonder if it died - on that - I used to - when a Boy - The Minister - goes stiffly in - As if the House were His - And He owned all the Mourners - now - And little Boys - besides - And then the Milliner - and the Man Of the Appalling Trade - To take the measure of the House - There'll be that Dark Parade - Of Tassels - and of Coaches - soon - It's easy as a Sign - The Intuition of the News - In just a Country Town | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY HOW THE MIRROR LOOKS THIS MORNING by HICOK. BOB |
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