Lyric Poem · Nature
As if some little Arctic flower
1As if some little Arctic flower
2Upon the polar hem —
3Went wandering down the Latitudes
4Until it puzzled came
5To continents of summer —
6To firmaments of sun —
7To strange, bright crowds of flowers —
8And birds, of foreign tongue!
9I say, As if this little flower
10To Eden, wandered in —
11What then? Why nothing,
12Only, your inference therefrom!
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“As if some little Arctic flower” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/as-if-some-little-arctic-flower
Quick facts
- Poem
- As if some little Arctic flower
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 12 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Summer
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBAs if some little Arctic flower by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
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- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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