Drama's Vitallest Expression is the Common Day

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

741

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Published:

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

You taught me Waiting with Myself -- -740-

Succeeded by:

Four Trees -- upon a solitary Acre -- -742-

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Drama's Vitallest Expression is the Common Day
That arise and set about Us --
Other Tragedy

Perish in the Recitation --
This -- the best enact
When the Audience is scattered
And the Boxes shut --

"Hamlet" to Himself were Hamlet --
Had not Shakespeare wrote --
Though the "Romeo" left no Record
Of his Juliet,

It were infinite enacted
In the Human Heart --
Only Theatre recorded
Owner cannot shut --