She rose as high as His Occasion
She rose as high as His Occasion Then sought the Dust -- And lower lay in low Westminster For Her brief Crest --
Emily Dickinson
She rose as high as His Occasion Then sought the Dust -- And lower lay in low Westminster For Her brief Crest --
In just four lines, Dickinson sketches a woman’s sharp, sad trajectory. She rises to meet someone else’s supreme moment—likely a lover’s or a husband’s need, “His Occasion”—and gives everything she has.
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