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Emily Dickinson Ah, Moon - and Star!
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Ah, Moon — and Star!
You are very far — But were no one Farther than you — Do you think I'd stop For a Firmament — Or a Cubit — or so? I could borrow a Bonnet Of the Lark — And a Chamois' Silver Boot — And a stirrup of an Antelope — And be with you — Tonight! But, Moon, and Star, Though you're very far — There is one — farther than you — He — is more than a firmament — from Me — So I can never go!
from https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/ah-moon-and-star/ ‘Ah, Moon–and Star!’ compares the distance between the speaker and a moon and star to the distance between her and her lover. The latter is much greater. If it wasn’t, she might be able to cross the “firmament” or sky/heavens, to reach him. But, she concedes at the end of the poem, this is not the case. They are separated and there’s nothing she can do to reach him.
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