If she had been the Mistletoe - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - If she had been the Mistletoe

If she had been the Mistletoe
And I had been the Rose --
How gay upon your table
My velvet life to close --
Since I am of the Druid,
And she is of the dew --
I'll deck Tradition's buttonhole --
And send the Rose to you.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 44. If she had been the Mistletoe Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jun 21 2002 Comment 1 of 1, added on March 12th, 2008 at 1:02 PM. i liked this poem i didn't really understand it but then i reread it and i guess her poem means that a misletoe isn't the only thing that makes people feel for eachother on x-mas and she would like to get rid of that tradition. things should be loved year round and a mistletoe just feeds off the host. yeah that's what i understood. lou from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, If she had been the Mistletoe, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, 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: 44. If she had been the Mistletoe Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: May 14 2008, 3:48PM Poem of the Day: Jun 21 2002 Viewed 5947 times. Added on March 12th, 2008 at 1:02 PM.

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