It would have starved a Gnat -- - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - It would have starved a Gnat --

It would have starved a Gnat --
To live so small as I --
And yet I was a living Child --
With Food's necessity

Upon me -- like a Claw --
I could no more remove
Than I could coax a Leech away --
Or make a Dragon -- move --

Not like the Gnat -- had I --
The privilege to fly
And seek a Dinner for myself --
How mightier He -- than I --

Nor like Himself -- the Art
Upon the Window Pane
To gad my little Being out --
And not begin -- again --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 612. It would have starved a Gnat -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Oct 4 2008 Comment 1 of 1, added on September 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 PM. If you like this poem, check out how Pamela White Hadas uses it as a jumping off point for her amazing poem "To Make a Dragon Move: From the Diary of an Anorexic" in BESIDE HERSELF published by Knopf. Nancy Boutilier from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, It would have starved a Gnat --, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 612. It would have starved a Gnat -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-06-18 12:54:58 Poem of the Day: Oct 4 2008 Viewed 4589 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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