Tuesday, May 15, 2001

The Only Ghost I Ever Saw Comments

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The only ghost I ever saw
Was dressed in mechlin, --so;
He wore no sandal on his foot,
And stepped like flakes of snow.
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Emily Dickinson
laughter
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Eleanor Huang 07 April 2019

This is all a large metaphor. The ghost is not actually one... he just seems like one. S/he seems to make conversation with the narrator.

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* Sunprincess * 10 June 2016

..........amazing imagery....love this stanza ★ His laughter like the breeze That dies away in dimples Among the pensive trees.

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Emily Dickinson

Amherst / Massachusetts
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