(10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)

poet Emily Dickinson
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A Coffin—is a Small Domain

A Coffin—is a small Domain,
Yet able to contain
A Citizen of Paradise
In it diminished Plane.

A Grave—is a restricted Breadth—
Yet ampler than the Sun—
And all the Seas He populates
And Lands He looks upon

To Him who on its small Repose
Bestows a single Friend—
Circumference without Relief—
Or Estimate—or End—

Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003
Edited: Wednesday, December 07, 2011


Read poems about / on: friend, sun, sea

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  • Paul Anthony (12/7/2012 7:24:00 PM)

    A simple poignant poem, beautiful. Deeper than it seems

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  • Musfiq Us Shaleheen (12/7/2012 12:17:00 PM)

    A coffin is a last traveled car where soul could not exist...

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  • Paul Brookes (12/7/2012 3:36:00 AM)

    I love this poem. I didn't used to like Dickinson I used to think she was deranged but have com to appreciate her wry sense of the world.

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  • Smoky Hoss (12/14/2011 7:58:00 AM)

    It is simply a beautiful poem.

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  • Ramesh T A (12/7/2011 4:55:00 PM)

    A Coffin is as small as just END!

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  • Michael Pruchnicki (12/7/2011 11:54:00 AM)

    Let those who would carp at a very fine poem do so. There's much to praise in Dickinson's neat and concise little poem. If only some of the coomments posted on this site were half as concise and near as neat, we could praise circumference without relief!

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  • Bodhi U (12/7/2011 8:30:00 AM)

    poem on par with any religious or spiritual verses

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  • Juan Olivarez (12/7/2011 8:29:00 AM)

    Straw says he likes Dickinson, yet in another review he called her 'insane.' And what is wrong with a theological poem? Obviously if you disregard all poems because of this quality you will eliminate most of the worlds great work. My conclusion, Straw gas no idea what he is doing or says.

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  • Aya Kishiko (9/5/2011 4:33:00 AM)

    There's a pattern in all of her poetry.. ^_^..pfufufu.nice da ta

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  • Kris Kwame Attapappoe (12/7/2009 10:34:00 AM)

    Sums up a lot, does; nt it? awesome and yet very melancholic.

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