It's all I have to bring today - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - It's all I have to bring today

It's all I have to bring today --
This, and my heart beside --
This, and my heart, and all the fields --
And all the meadows wide --
Be sure you count -- should I forget
Some one the sum could tell --
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art) Poem: 26. It's all I have to bring today Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jun 22 2002 Comment 11 of 11, added on October 16th, 2009 at 2:13 PM. "someone the sum could tell" means "someone could add it all up and say how much it is". She then recaps the list: "this", "my heart" and "all the Bees / that in the Clover dwell". So, quite a lot, really. I think the fields and the meadows and the bees represent all you already had, but didn't notice before. mta from United Kingdom Comment 10 of 11, added on April 12th, 2009 at 10:05 AM. It seems that the author begins rather apologetically and abjectly: "It's all I have to bring today - This..." "This" is the poem she is writing. Immediately, however, she realises that she IS bringing more - her heart as well. And then all the fields, meadows and bees. She is giving the gift of counting our blessings. Ethel Biscuit from United Kingdom Comment 9 of 11, added on March 26th, 2009 at 8:55 PM. I feel, that Emily Dickinson is trying to tell everyone that she can only give someone what she's willing to give which happens to be her heart and her heart only. When she uses the words "meadows-fields-bees-clovers" shes referring to nature's beauty. She sees her heart just as beautiful as nature. :) Brittnee from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, It's all I have to bring today, has received 11 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: 26. It's all I have to bring today Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Nov 7 2009, 7:03PM Poem of the Day: Jun 22 2002 Viewed 22378 times. Added on March 26th, 2009 at 8:55 PM.

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