Эмили Дикинсон - Укрылась я в цветке моём

Эмили Дикинсон

 

Укрылась я в цветке моём

 

Укрылась я – в цветке моём,

Что сохнет в Вазе вашей –

И вы – в неведеньи – о мне –

Почти – не одиноки –

 

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Emily Dickinson

 

I hide myself within my flower

 

I hide myself – within my flower,

That fading from your Vase –

You – unsuspecting – feel for me –

Almost – a loneliness –

 

 

1859

Franklin Variorum 1998 – F80C

 

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The subject of the poem, the ‘You’, knows that flowers fade and will

be tossed out, but she doesn’t know there is a real consciousness

hidden there that will be tossed out as well. Yet subconsciously she

will become aware of an alteration, a withdrawing of the speaker, and

feels ‘Almost – a loneliness –’. That ‘Almost’ is a heartbreaker.

–

Susan Kornfeld – ‘the prowling Bee’ blog – 12 September 2011

 

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