Emily Dickinson (10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)
Poems by Emily Dickinson : 15 / 1084
A Charm invests a face
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A Charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld—
The Lady date not lift her Veil
For fear it be dispelled—
But peers beyond her mesh—
And wishes—and denies—
Lest Interview—annul a want
That Image—satisfies—
Emily Dickinson
Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003
Read poems about / on: fear
Poems by Emily Dickinson : 15 / 1084
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hmm...i guess..
when she wrote this poem, she looked in the mirror, and admired her own face.
but she's afraid to get old and lose her charm.
haha...
I'm doing a project on Emily Dickinson for my 11th grade American Literature class, and i need to find a poem by Miss Emily Dickinson and then analyze it, i chose this poem, but i don't really understand it, so if anybody could please explain it to me and help me to better understand it, i would be extremely grateful.
yeah.so many of us still live in a perpetual effort to keep up the so called 'charm'
note to who ever submitted this Dickinson Poem: 'Dare' not date, simple typo.