DISENCHANTMENT, by EMILY DICKINSONPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: It dropped so low in my regard Last Line: Upon my silver shelf. Variant Title(s): "life;""it Dropped So Low In My Regard"";poem: 747;poem: 785;
It dropped so low in my regard I heard it hit the ground, And go to pieces on the stones At bottom of my mind; Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less Than I reviled myself For entertaining plated wares Upon my silver shelf.