Emily Dickinson

With a Flower

Summary


"With a Flower" is a short poem in which a speaker hides inside a bloom, hoping to be worn close to a loved one's heart. In two quiet stanzas, a secret presence rests on a breast, then lingers in a vase as the petals fade. The beloved remains unsuspecting, yet feels a faint ache of loneliness. Tender and sly, the poem turns a simple gift into a whispered confession.

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I HIDE myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast,
You, unsuspecting, wear me too—
And angels know the rest.

I hide myself within my flower,
That, fading from your vase,
You, unsuspecting, feel for me
Almost a loneliness.

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Emily Dickinson was a reclusive 19th-century American poet from Amherst, Massachusetts, whose compact, dash-filled verse was largely published after her death. She often sent poems like this one with flowers from her garden, folding a private message into the gift itself.