Relationships

I'm wife; I've finished that

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Relationships

I'm wife; I've finished that,
That other state;
I'm Czar, I'm woman now:
It's safer so.

How odd the girl's life looks
Behind this soft eclipse!
I think that earth seems so
To those in heaven now.

This being comfort, then
That other kind was pain;
But why compare?
I'm wife! stop there!

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “I'm wife; I've finished that.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/41/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “I'm wife; I've finished that.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/41/.

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