Lyric Poem · Nature
So gay a Flower
So gay a Flower
Bereaves the Mind
As if it were a Woe —
Is Beauty an Affliction — then?
Tradition ought to know —
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“So gay a Flower” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/so-gay-a-flower
Quick facts
- Poem
- So gay a Flower
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 5 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Sad, Short
Text, source & rights
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBSo gay a Flower 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 d856f27c8e354191…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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