Lyric Poem · Nature
Her Sweet turn to leave the Homestead
1Her Sweet turn to leave the Homestead
2Came the Darker Way —
3Carriages — Be Sure — and Guests — too —
4But for Holiday
9Never Bride had such Assembling —
10Never kinsmen kneeled
11To salute so fair a Forehead —
12Garland be indeed —
13Fitter Feet — of Her before us —
14Than whatever Brow
15Art of Snow — or Trick of Lily
16Possibly bestow
17Of Her Father — Whoso ask Her —
18He shall seek as high
19As the Palm — that serve the Desert —
20To obtain the Sky —
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“Her Sweet turn to leave the Homestead” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/her-sweet-turn-to-leave-the-homestead
Quick facts
- Poem
- Her Sweet turn to leave the Homestead
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 28 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Winter
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 28 lines · 7 quatrains
- Line length
- Lines run 5-8 syllables (median 7). No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBHer Sweet turn to leave the Homestead by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 b73e67b4c3ed346f…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.