Classic and Contemporary Poetry

AUCTIONEER OF PARTING, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: To two - not at more
Variant Title(s): Poem: 1612; Poem: 164
Subject(s): Absence

The Auctioneer of Parting
His "Going, going, gone"
Shouts even from the Crucifix,
And brings his Hammer down -
He only sells the Wilderness,
The prices of Despair
Range from a single human Heart
To Two - not any more -