‘Tis customary as we part
A trinket — to confer —
It helps to stimulate the faith
When Lovers be afar —

‘Tis various — as the various taste —
Clematis — journeying far —
Presents me with a single Curl
Of her Electric Hair —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem ‘Tis customary as we part

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