A Lady Red- Amid the Hills, Emily Dickinson: Summary & Analysis
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"A LADY RED — AMID THE HILL" by Emily Dickinson captures the mystery and beauty of nature's cycles, using vivid imagery to convey the annual bloom of flowers and the quiet transformation of the landscape. The poem invites contemplation on the cycles of life, the resilience of nature, and the subtlety of change. A LADY RED — AMID THE HILL
A Lady red — amid the Hill
Her annual secret keeps!
A Lady white, within the Field
In placid Lily sleeps!
The tidy Breezes, with their Brooms —
Sweep vale — and hill — and tree!
Prithee, My pretty Housewives!
Who may expected be?
The Neighbors do not yet suspect!
The Woods exchange a smile!
Orchard, and Buttercup, and Bird —
In such a little while!
And yet, how still the Landscape stands!
How nonchalant the Hedge!
As if the "Resurrection"
Were nothing very strange! Summary "A LADY RED — AMID THE HILL" explores the natural cycles of life, using the metaphor of a lady (flower) emerging amid the hill and another lady (flow…