Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF YOU WERE COMING IN THE FALL, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: That will not state—its sting Subject(s): Absence; Longing; Autumn | ||||||||
If you were coming in the Fall, I'd brush the Summer by With half a smile, and half a spurn, As Housewives do, a Fly. If I could see you in a year, I'd wind the months in balls- And put them each in separate Drawers, For fear the numbers fuse- If only Centuries, delayed, I'd count them on my Hand, Subtracting, till my fingers dropped Into Van Dieman's Land. If certain, when this life was out- That yours and mine, should be- I'd toss it yonder, like a Rind, And take Eternity- But, now, uncertain of the length Of this, that is between, It goads me, like the Goblin Bee- That will not state-its sting. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN |
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