Lyric Poem · Nature

Further in Summer than the Birds

by Emily Dickinson

Pathetic from the Grass

A minor Nation celebrates

Its unobtrusive Mass.

No Ordinance be seen

So gradual the Grace

A pensive Custom it becomes

Enlarging Loneliness.

Antiquest felt at Noon

When August burning low

Arise this spectral Canticle

Repose to typify

Remit as yet no Grace

No Furrow on the Glow

Yet a Druidic Difference

Enhances Nature now

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Poem: Further in Summer than the Birds
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Length: 16 lines
Form: Lyric Poem
Themes: Nature, Summer

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Shape: 16 lines · 4 quatrains
Line length: Mostly 6-syllable lines (trimeter length).

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Author record: Emily Dickinson1830–1886
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Lyric Poem Nature Summer

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