Poem A Day

Classic poem

She rose to His Requirement -- dropt

by Emily Dickinson

She rose to His Requirement -- dropt

The Playthings of Her Life

To take the honorable Work

Of Woman, and of Wife --

If ought She missed in Her new Day,

Of Amplitude, or Awe --

Or first Prospective -- Or the Gold

In using, wear away,

It lay unmentioned -- as the Sea

Develop Pearl, and Weed,

But only to Himself -- be known

The Fathoms they abide --

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About this poem

First line
She rose to His Requirement -- dropt
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Themes
nature, identity, time, sea

Poem A Day

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