UTTERANCE, by EMILY DICKINSONPoem ExplanationPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: I found the phrase [or, word] to every thought Last Line: Or noon in mazarin? Variant Title(s): Poem: 581;poem: 436
I found the phrase to every thought I ever had, but one; And that defies me, -- as a hand Did try to chalk the sun To races nurtured in the dark; -- How would your own begin? Can blaze be done in cochineal, Or noon in mazarin?