Lyric Poem · Nature
An Antiquated Tree
An Antiquated Tree
Is cherished of the Crow
Because that Junior Foliage is disrespectful now
To venerable Birds
Whose Corporation Coat
Would decorate Oblivion's
Remotest Consulate.
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“An Antiquated Tree” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/an-antiquated-tree
Quick facts
- Poem
- An Antiquated Tree
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 7 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Short
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBAn Antiquated Tree by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
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- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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