Living

'T is whiter than an Indian pipe

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Living

'T is whiter than an Indian pipe,
'T is dimmer than a lace;
No stature has it, like a fog,
When you approach the place.

Not any voice denotes it here,
Or intimates it there;
A spirit, how doth it accost?
What customs hath the air?

This limitless hyperbole
Each one of us shall be;
'T is drama, if (hypothesis)
It be not tragedy!

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “'T is whiter than an Indian pipe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/404/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “'T is whiter than an Indian pipe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/404/.

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