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Emily Dickinson - I never hear the word "escape"

I never hear the word "escape"
Without a quicker blood,
A sudden expectation
A flying attitude!

I never hear of prisons broad
By soldiers battered down,
But I tug childish at my bars
Only to fail again!

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I never hear the word "escape" - Comments and Information

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 77. I never hear the word "escape"
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: Apr 12 2002

Comment 3 of 3, added on April 14th, 2008 at 9:48 AM.

i think that this poem is so lame....


ezzo from United States
Comment 2 of 3, added on April 17th, 2006 at 7:42 AM.

I think this poem doesn’t have any thing to do with war. “Quicker blood” refers to her anxiety. She wants to escape a situation or state of mind.

sedigheh valipour from Iran
Comment 1 of 3, added on November 18th, 2005 at 4:29 PM.

O.K. Im not very good at the whole poem thing the only reason im in this web site is because i'm doing a project, but i think that what she means is that freedom has never been whithout a fight. She did live during the civil war so maybe thats why she mentions blood.When she trys to escape and fails i think that she had in mind the struggle of the civil war.Please make comments onthis poem it would really help in my project on Emily Dickinson if i had an idea of what others think.

Elizabeth Bustamante from United States

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