Not with a Club, the Heart is broken - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Not with a Club, the Heart is broken

Not with a Club, the Heart is broken
Nor with a Stone --
A Whip so small you could not see it
I've known

To lash the Magic Creature
Till it fell,
Yet that Whip's Name
Too noble then to tell.

Magnanimous as Bird
By Boy descried --
Singing unto the Stone
Of which it died --

Shame need not crouch
In such an Earth as Ours --
Shame -- stand erect --
The Universe is yours.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1304. Not with a Club, the Heart is broken Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Comment 4 of 4, added on May 18th, 2010 at 6:12 PM. I disagree, there is never an end to true love, but thats just my opinion. Jessica Comment 3 of 4, added on June 7th, 2009 at 11:54 PM. I believe this poem is about how a person can fall in love, be cruelly heartbroken, and still love that other person even after all that they've done. The "whip" that can destry the heart is "love". because love is something you can't see, but it's too "noble" because noone elieves a heart can be broken because of love. "a whip so small you could not see it" "yet that whip's name too noble, then to tell" A heart that truly loves someone will ALWAYS be in love with that person, even after all the dissappointments, and even if it kills him/her heart. "magnanimous of bird....singing into the stone of which it died" i dont know, these are my views about love, being abused and taken advantage of and yet retain that love towards that person. =? Sonson999 from United States Comment 2 of 4, added on January 28th, 2009 at 9:44 PM. The poem for me is somehow more on the life. It somehow implies the end of an individual to his journey and task. Jojo from Philippines More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Not with a Club, the Heart is broken, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1304. Not with a Club, the Heart is broken Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-25 20:52:34 Viewed 7036 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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