Cocoon above! Cocoon below!

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

129

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

Bring me the sunset in a cup, -128-

Succeeded by:

These are the days when Birds come back -- -130-

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Cocoon above! Cocoon below!
Stealthy Cocoon, why hide you so
What all the world suspect?
An hour, and gay on every tree
Your secret, perched in ecstasy
Defies imprisonment!

An hour in Chrysalis to pass,
Then gay above receding grass
A Butterfly to go!
A moment to interrogate,
Then wiser than a "Surrogate,"
The Universe to know!