At Half past Three, a single Bird - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - At Half past Three, a single Bird

At Half past Three, a single Bird
Unto a silent Sky
Propounded but a single term
Of cautious melody.

At Half past Four, Experiment
Had subjugated test
And lo, Her silver Principle
Supplanted all the rest.

At Half past Seven, Element
Nor Implement, be seen --
And Place was where the Presence was
Circumference between.

Added: on November 10th, 2004 at 3:18 PM | Viewed: 2624 times | Comments and analysis of At Half past Three, a single Bird by Emily Dickinson Comments (4)

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1084. At Half past Three, a single Bird Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Comment 4 of 4, added on January 7th, 2005 at 4:49 PM. Although different people see different things in poetry and a person doesn't always have to understand a poem completely, I too, was having difficulty enjoying this poem because I could not grasp any of what the author was conveying. I appreciate Andrew's explanation. Thank you Mick from United States Comment 3 of 4, added on November 10th, 2004 at 6:18 PM. The poem is not that difficult to understand. A.D. is just trying to capture images from a train station experience--what she saw and her thought about it. That is all there is to it. Nick Tselepides from Greece Comment 2 of 4, added on November 10th, 2004 at 3:18 PM. The last line is the one that has always stuck in my head and which occasionally just pops into it from out of nowhere at moments when people vanish like - you're in a train station - the opposite platform is crowded - in your boredom you observe those people - their shopping bags, their shoes, their mannerisms - then their train pulls up - it takes them all in - through the window you may catch a part of a familiar torso, an aspect of a hairstyle that had caught your attention, a jacket that you'd admired - then the train is gone - the opposite platform stands empty - a crisp packet you saw one of the departed passengers eating blows along the platform - a newspaper someone was reading lies on a seat - they're gone - the moment of them and that place has gone - gone forever into the mists of time - the orbiting mists - the mystery is the circumference andrew from United Kingdom More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, At Half past Three, a single Bird, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1084. At Half past Three, a single Bird Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Jul 18 2008, 5:27AM Viewed 2624 times. Added on November 10th, 2004 at 3:18 PM.

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