I dreaded that first Robin, so (348)

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I dreaded that first Robin, so (348) by Emily Dickinson

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This poem is unusual in that Dickinson chose to take a negative view of the natural world and its cycle. Most humans welcome springtime; Dickinson faces it with dread. One could speculate that she might have suffered seasonal depression.

The poem progresses through stages; firstly the bird, then da...

I dreaded that first Robin, so (348) Annotated

I dreaded that first Robin, so,
But He is mastered, now,
I'm accustomed to Him grown,
He hurts a little, though—

I thought If I could only live
Till that first Shout got by—
Not all Pianos in the Woods
Had power to mangle me—

I dared not meet the Daffodils—
For fear their Yellow Gown
Would pierce me with a fashion
So foreign to my own—

I wished the Grass would hurry—
So—when 'twas time to see—
He'd be too tall, the tallest one
Could stretch—to look at me—

I could not bear the Bees should come,
I wished they'd stay away
In those dim countries where they go,
What word had they, for me?

They're here, though; not a creature failed—
No Blossom stayed away
In gentle deference to me—
The Queen of Calvary—

Each one salutes me, as he goes,
And I, my childish Plumes,
Lift, in bereaved acknowledgment
Of their unthinking Drums—

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