Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHOICE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the souls that stand create Last Line: To all the lists of clay! Subject(s): Desire; Love; Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
Of all the souls that stand create I have elected one. When sense from spirit files away, And subterfuge is done; When that which is and that which was Apart, intrinsic, stand, And this brief tragedy of flesh Is shifted like a sand; When figures show their royal front And mists are carved away, -- Behold the atom I preferred To all the lists of clay! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD |
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