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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 986.
A narrow Fellow in the Grass
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 31 of 31, added on June 11th, 2008 at 11:13 AM.
I wrote a paper on the poem in summer school many years ago . I was perplexed by the phrase "zero at the bone " which I interpreted as stone-cold fear .Recently I was shocked to read in the newspaper the teacher who taught the poem , a very sedate spinster , , was murdered by her brother-in-law .
chas calz from Canada
Comment 30 of 31, added on March 28th, 2008 at 5:08 PM.
zero to the bone doesn't mean goosebumps. it means frozen fear, not necessarily the physical goosebumps.
hl from United States
Comment 29 of 31, added on May 14th, 2007 at 5:03 PM.
The snake. Whenever you meet one unexpectedly, you experience a flight or fight response. The zero at the bone refers to goosebumps. Lighten up folks.
Patricia George from United States
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I wrote a paper on the poem in summer school many years ago . I was perplexed by the phrase "zero at the bone " which I interpreted as stone-cold fear .Recently I was shocked to read in the newspaper the teacher who taught the poem , a very sedate spinster , , was murdered by her brother-in-law .
chas calz from Canada