Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEFORE THE ICE IS IN THE POOLS, by EMILY DICKINSON


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Last Line: Answer me to wear?
Subject(s): Time


Before the ice is in the pools -
Before the skaters go,
Or any check at nightfall
Is tarnished by the snow -

Before the fields have finished,
Before the Christmas tree,
Wonder upon wonder
Will arrive to me!

What we touch the hems of
On a summer's day -
What is only walking
Just a bridge away -

That which sings so - speaks so -
When there's no one here -
Will the frock I wept in
Answer me to wear?




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