I send you a decrepit flower
That nature sent to me
At parting — she was going south
And I designed to stay —

Her motive for the souvenir
If sentiment for me
Or circumstances prudential
Withheld invincibly —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem I send you a decrepit flower

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