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Titania · 09-03-2002, 05:15 PM

We had to read this and write on it for homework in my American Lit class. I think its really mean that they had us read this the first day of school, way too real a reminder that summer vacation is OVER. ughh. Its so sad how fast it went! Anyways, instead of whining more about how awful school is, I thought I'd let the poem say it...

1540 by Emily Dickinson

As imperceptibly as Grief
The Summer lapsed away --
Too imperceptible at last
To seem like Perfidy --
A Quietness distilled
As Twilight long begun,
Or Nature spending with herself
Sequestered Afternoon --
The Dusk drew earlier in --
The Morning foreign shone --
A courteous, yet harrowing Grace,
As Guest, that would be gone --
And thus, without a Wing
Or service of a Keel
Our Summer made her light escape
Into the Beautiful.

TJL · 09-03-2002, 05:57 PM

Yeah, Emily really wasn't known as a "feel good" poet...
She must have been a big hit at parties.

Georgia's on my Mind · 09-03-2002, 09:33 PM

OMG Emily Dickenson....There was this one time at school when I copied one of her poems for school and Mr. Bradley didn't knoiw that it was really a emily dikenson poem until after and I got in lots of trouble...oh wait that was Blair.....Oh Well, That's a odd poem....lol *Hides*

Hollow · 09-03-2002, 09:46 PM

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09-03-2002, 05:15 PM	#1
Titania a part of that Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 04, 2000 Posts: 3,694	sad poem... We had to read this and write on it for homework in my American Lit class. I think its really mean that they had us read this the first day of school, way too real a reminder that summer vacation is OVER. ughh. Its so sad how fast it went! Anyways, instead of whining more about how awful school is, I thought I'd let the poem say it... 1540 by Emily Dickinson As imperceptibly as Grief The Summer lapsed away -- Too imperceptible at last To seem like Perfidy -- A Quietness distilled As Twilight long begun, Or Nature spending with herself Sequestered Afternoon -- The Dusk drew earlier in -- The Morning foreign shone -- A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone -- And thus, without a Wing Or service of a Keel Our Summer made her light escape Into the Beautiful.
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09-03-2002, 05:57 PM	#2
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09-03-2002, 09:33 PM	#3
Georgia's on my Mind Senior Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Aug 19, 2001 Posts: 25,054	OMG Emily Dickenson....There was this one time at school when I copied one of her poems for school and Mr. Bradley didn't knoiw that it was really a emily dikenson poem until after and I got in lots of trouble...oh wait that was Blair.....Oh Well, That's a odd poem....lol Hides