The Definition of Beauty is
The Definition of Beauty is That Definition is none -- Of Heaven, easing Analysis, Since Heaven and He are one.
Emily Dickinson
The Definition of Beauty is That Definition is none -- Of Heaven, easing Analysis, Since Heaven and He are one.
Right from the title, Dickinson’s claim is gentle but firm: beauty simply doesn’t have a definition. The poem unfolds this idea in a few quick, quiet moves.
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