The power to be true to You, 1
Until upon my face
The Judgment push his Picture－
Presumptuous of Your Place－
Of This－Could Man deprive Me－5
Himself－the Heaven excel－
Whose invitation－Yours reduced
Until it showed too small－
Until upon my face
The Judgment push his Picture－
Presumptuous of Your Place－
Of This－Could Man deprive Me－5
Himself－the Heaven excel－
Whose invitation－Yours reduced
Until it showed too small－
(F.699/J.464)
[1, 3] true, Picture:: a photo.
[4] push, Presumptuous:: to force without respect in making a picture.
[5] Man:: the photographer. deprive:: the right to keep one's image privately. Dickinson took only one photo in her life.
[7] reduced:: a photo is a reduced figure, and reduces one's secrecy.
[8] small:: small in the photo and in one's talent.