"The brain within its groove / Runs evenly and true."
— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Robert Brothers
Date
1890
Metaphor
"The brain within its groove / Runs evenly and true."
Metaphor in Context
[XXVI. The brain within its groove]
The brain within its groove
Runs evenly and true;
But let a splinter swerve,
'T were easier for you
To put the water back
When floods have slit the hills,
And scooped a turnpike for themselves,
And blotted out the mills!
(p. 40)
The brain within its groove
Runs evenly and true;
But let a splinter swerve,
'T were easier for you
To put the water back
When floods have slit the hills,
And scooped a turnpike for themselves,
And blotted out the mills!
(p. 40)
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Reading
Citation
Dickinson, Emily. Poems by Emily Dickinson Ed. Mael Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson (Robert Brothers: Boston, 1890). <Link to UVa e-Text Center><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
12/30/2010
