Emily Dickinson’s “I cannot dance upon my Toes”
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SOAPSTone:
S: A girl/ woman who is admiring the ballerinas and their grace, which she was never taught.
O: I think the occasion is the speaker is maybe talking to a friend who is a dancer
A: A friend, a ballerina
P: The purpose is to tell that you don’t have to be taught properly to do something y...
Emily Dickinson’s “I cannot dance upon my Toes” Annotated
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I cannot dance upon my Toes
No Man instructed me
But oftentimes, among my mind
A Glee possesseth me
That had I Ballet knowledge
Would put itself abroad
In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe
Or lay a Prima, mad
And though I had no Gown of Gauze
No Ringlet, to my Hair
Nor hopped to Audiences—like Birds
One Claw upon the Air
Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls
Nor rolled on wheels of snow
Till I was out of sight, in sound
The House encore me so
Nor any know I know the Art
I mention—easy—Here
Nor any Placard boast me
It's full as Opera