Emily Dickinson

I Hide Myself Within My Flower

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I Hide Myself Within My Flower - meaning Summary

Presence Hidden in Objects

The speaker describes concealing their self inside a flower so that when the bloom withers in a loved one’s vase, the recipient senses an unexpected loneliness. It compresses themes of hidden identity, mediated intimacy, and the fragility of presence: emotional connection is experienced indirectly through objects and their decay. The poem suggests both a protective retreat and a deliberate test of whether absence will be noticed and felt as yearning.

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I hide myself within my flower, That fading from your Vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me Almost a loneliness.

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