Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALLED BACK, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just lost, when I was saved! Last Line: And the cycles wheel. Variant Title(s): Poem: 160;poem: 132 | ||||||||
JUST lost when I was saved! Just felt the world go by! Just girt me for the onset with eternity, When breath blew back, And on the other side I heard recede the disappointed tide! Therefore, as one returned, I feel, Odd secrets of the line to tell! Some sailor, skirting foreign shores, Some pale reporter from the awful doors Before the seal! Next time, to stay! Next time, the things to see By ear unheard, Unscrutinized by eye. Next time, to tarry, While the ages steal, -- Slow tramp the centuries, And the cycles wheel. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COUNTRY BURIAL by EMILY DICKINSON A SMILE AS SMALL AS MINE by EMILY DICKINSON |
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