The Moon Was but a Chin of Gold
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The Moon Was but a Chin of Gold - meaning Summary
Lunar Personified as Lady
Dickinson personifies the moon as a graceful, distant woman who shifts from a thin crescent to a full, radiant face. The speaker admires her features and imagines the modest power behind her gentle smile. Cosmic imagery compresses scale and intimacy: the moon’s garments are the sky, stars her jewelry, and nearby stars covet proximity. The poem balances wonder and respectful distance, transforming an ordinary sky sight into a courtly, almost reverent scene.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Moon was but a Chin of Gold A Night or two ago And now she turns Her perfect Face Upon the World below Her Forehead is of Amplest Blonde Her Cheek a Beryl hewn Her Eye unto the Summer Dew The likest I have known Her Lips of Amber never part But what must be the smile Upon Her Friend she could confer Were such Her Silver Will And what a privilege to be But the remotest Star For Certainty She take Her Way Beside Your Palace Door Her Bonnet is the Firmament The Universe Her Shoe The Stars the Trinkets at Her Belt Her Dimities of Blue
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