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Lyric Poem · Nature

An Antiquated Tree

by Emily Dickinson

1An Antiquated Tree

2Is cherished of the Crow

3Because that Junior Foliage is disrespectful now

4To venerable Birds

5Whose Corporation Coat

6Would decorate Oblivion's

7Remotest Consulate.

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Poem
An Antiquated Tree
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Length
7 lines
Form
Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes
Nature, Short

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Emily Dickinson1830–1886
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