"I Want"&Mdash;It Pleaded&Mdash;All Its Life

I could not deem it late—to hear That single—steadfast sigh—nice

The lips had placed as with a Please Toward Eternity— beautiful lines.......thanks for sharing...........

So many of the comments below admire the amount of profundity she packs into so few words. What can I do but simply agree!

To beg God earnestly with please all through life for something or other longed for is what life is so profoundly said in 8 lines quite amazing.................

The last two lines are simply beautiful. Very touching

Awesome I like this poem

......seems like even in Emily's time period...everyone wanted everything, if they actually needed it or not...and this still holds true today... Emily is definitely the poetess, to aspire to...

Could you NOTTTTTTT? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? : *

Very interesting builds an image of its own, thank you Emily

I'm doing a project on Emily Dickinson for my 11th grade American Literature class, and i need to find a poem by Miss Emily Dickinson and then analyze it, i chose this poem, but i don't really understand it, so if anybody could please explain it to me and help me to better understand it, i would be extremely grateful.