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Emily Dickinson - They shut me up in Prose --

They shut me up in Prose --
As when a little Girl
They put me in the Closet --
Because they liked me "still" --

Still!  Could themself have peeped --
And seen my Brain -- go round --
They might as wise have lodged a Bird
For Treason -- in the Pound --

Himself has but to will
And easy as a Star
Abolish his Captivity --
And laugh -- No more have I --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 613. They shut me up in Prose --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: Nov 18 2002

Comment 3 of 3, added on December 29th, 2011 at 5:24 AM.
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Comment 2 of 3, added on October 12th, 2011 at 12:00 AM.
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Comment 1 of 3, added on January 17th, 2009 at 1:14 PM.

I think that in this poem, Emily Dickinson is reflecting on the criticism she was receiving about her poems being rather prose in verse than "real" poetry. One can easily compare this poem with the one numbered 657 "I dwell in Possibility".

Marta from Poland

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