Summary Poem Analysis of 'I have a Bird in Spring' by Emily Dickinson

I have a Bird in spring
Emily Dickinson

I have a Bird in spring
Which for myself doth sing –
The spring decoys.
And as the summer nears –
And as the Rose appears,
Robin is gone.


Yet do I not repine
Knowing that Bird of mine
Though flown –
Learneth beyond the sea
Melody new for me
And will return.


Fast in safer hand
Held in a truer Land
Are mine –
And though they now depart,
Tell I my doubting heart
They're thine.


In a serener Bright,
In a more golden light
I see
Each little doubt and fear,
Each little discord here
Removed.


Then will I not repine,
Knowing that Bird of mine
Though flown

, Shall in distant tree
Bright melody for me
Return.


VOCABULARY


Doth - does
Decoys - imitations, used to lure or trap - often decoy animals are used in hunting
Repine - to be unhappy or stressed
Learneth - learns
Melody - a beautiful song
Depart - leave
Thine - yours
Serener - more calm / calmer
Discord - chaos / dissonant music