Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.
Emily DickinsonRead
To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie— True Poems flee—
Interpretation
What this quote means
The beauty of nature can evoke emotions and thoughts similar to those found in poetry.
In this quote, Emily Dickinson expresses the idea that the experience of observing the summer sky is a form of poetry in itself, even if it isn't documented in literature. She suggests that true poetry is transient, akin to the fleeting beauty of the summer sky, which cannot be captured in a book but felt in the moment.
Themes
SummerSkyPoetryNatureBeauty
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a graduation speech to inspire students to find beauty in everyday moments.
More from Emily Dickinson
All quotes →I held a jewel in my fingers And went to sleep. The day was warm, and winds were prosy; I said: "'T will keep." I woke and chid my honest fingers,— The gem was gone; And now an amethyst remembrance Is all I own.
Emily DickinsonRead
I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!
Emily DickinsonRead
My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word
Emily DickinsonRead
This is the Hour of Lead- Remembered, if outlived, As freezing persons, recollect the Snow- First-Chill-then Stupor- then the letting go---
Emily DickinsonRead
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
Emily DickinsonRead
Similar quotes
Behind the aesthetic form lies the repressed harmony of sensuousness and reason
Herbert MarcuseRead
I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.
Eugene IonescoRead
Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.
Robert MckeeRead
I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.
David HockneyRead
To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never have.
Susan SontagRead
Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.
George R. R. MartinRead