Attempt to imitate Emily Dickenson

by bΦcarus

May 30, 2016

My loves

If I could love but three,

The sky, the earth,

and humanity

And if

But two loves of me-

Mortal fear

And naivety

But if one love, my limit be

no pair may claim fine certainty

But Death, and I-

Eternity

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Comments (2)

KnightRobotJul 2, 2016

same thing happened to me, though i wasn't trying to imitate anyone.

bΦcarusMay 30, 2016

I wrote this solely to see if I could get the analyser to say it sounded like Emily Dickenson.It is telling me it sounds 100 Percent like Jules Verne (I don't even know who that is) so IDK.Anyway, If the poem seems confusing I will give this one hint to its explication: the narrator is Eternity (as revealed by the last line.