Emily Dickinson

A Flower will not trouble her, it has so small a Foot

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"A Flower will not trouble her, it has so small a Foot" is a poem by Emily Dickinson that fits a whole world into four short lines. It looks at a delicate bloom and a tiny boot, and asks the reader to measure one against the other. The mood is playful and tender, with a quiet wink in its comparison. Who is the "her" at the centre of the verse? Read it slowly and the answer may surprise you.

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A Flower will not trouble her, it has so small a Foot,
And yet if you compare the Lasts,
Hers is the smallest Boot—

Watercolor of a woman's tiny boot beside a pink flower, illustrating Emily Dickinson's poem A Flower will not trouble her
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Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet from Amherst, Massachusetts, known for her compact, dash-filled verses on nature, love and mortality. Most of her poems were published only after her death, and this one shows her gift for finding wonder in small, everyday things.