We never know how high we are - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - We never know how high we are

We never know how high we are
Till we are asked to rise
And then if we are true to plan
Our statures touch the skies --

The Heroism we recite
Would be a normal thing
Did not ourselves the Cubits warp
For fear to be a King --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art) Poem: 1176. We never know how high we are Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Comment 23 of 23, added on December 11th, 2009 at 2:43 AM. I like the poem so much . I think she mean how much we important till we are close to death .when we hear the callto rise to the sky with God. silvia from United Kingdom Comment 22 of 23, added on November 5th, 2009 at 7:26 PM. "We never know how high we are" we will never know how highly we are valued by God and others, and how high we can go. "'Till we are asked to rise" when we have a challenge set before us, we need to rise to the occasion, we ARE strong enough. "And then if we are true to plan, our stature's touch the skies." When we plan to be great, we WILL be great. We are tall, we are great and we are the epidemy of greatness. "The Heroism we recite would be a normal thing, did not ourselves the cubits warp for fear to be a King" I put these last few verses together to convey a point. We are scared and so afraid to be great, to be "the one" to step outside our litle confining circle, that we never realize our TRUE POTENTIAL in the world for so many great things! Hannah from United States Comment 21 of 23, added on May 31st, 2009 at 8:00 PM. I really think this poem is about the mindset of us humans. Many of us think that we can't be of importance to our world, we think we are too poor, too young, too small, etc. to make a difference in the world, but in reality when we're called upon to do something to help the world, we may find that we are much more than we make ourselves out to be, and that each one of us has the power to change the world, whether big or small Jaimes from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, We never know how high we are, has received 23 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: 1176. We never know how high we are Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Dec 16 2009, 1:44AM Viewed 11380 times. Added on May 31st, 2009 at 8:00 PM.

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