Lyric Poem · Nature
Defrauded I a Butterfly
Defrauded I a Butterfly —
The lawful Heir — for Thee —
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“Defrauded I a Butterfly” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/defrauded-i-a-butterfly
Quick facts
- Poem
- Defrauded I a Butterfly
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 2 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Short
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBDefrauded I a Butterfly by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
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- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
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- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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