Lyric Poem · Summer
Summer laid her simple Hat
Summer laid her simple Hat
On its boundless Shelf —
Unobserved — a Ribbon slipt,
Snatch it for yourself.
Summer laid her supple Glove
In its sylvan Drawer —
Wheresoe'er, or was she —
The demand of Awe?
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“Summer laid her simple Hat” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/summer-laid-her-simple-hat
Quick facts
- Poem
- Summer laid her simple Hat
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Summer, Nature, Short
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 8 lines · 2 quatrains
- Line length
- Lines run 5-7 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
- PoetryDBSummer laid her simple Hat 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 776d63f89e53b0d1…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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