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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 887.
We outgrow love, like other things
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 8 of 8, added on December 12th, 2009 at 3:00 PM.
Love
Yes we do outgrow it when our hearts can no longer take the break it has brought.
Amy from United States
Comment 7 of 8, added on December 8th, 2009 at 7:35 PM.
In this poem, Emily Dickinson compares love to clothes that you eventually,but they hold such sentimental value that you do not want to throw them out.
Donnie from Saint Vincent and the Grenadin
Comment 6 of 8, added on October 27th, 2008 at 8:47 PM.
In this poem, I think Emily Dickinson is comparing the poem to clothes, and is using the perspective of a person who does not believe in expressing love all the time. "We outgrow love, like other things And put it in the Drawer." this means that one gets tired of love and stows it away, just like a person would if they had clothes that were too small or out of fashion, but didn't have the heart to throw them out. "Till it an Antique fashion shows Like Costumes Grandsires wore." This means that the person would then express love again from time to time, like taking out clothes of an antique fashion, to try them on again.
Sacha Gafinowitz from United States
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Yes we do outgrow it when our hearts can no longer take the break it has brought.
Amy from United States