Figures+of+Speech

=Writing Assignment:=
 * Read the poem and answer the following questions in essay form in 500 words, please.**

1. What is //it//? What two things are compared? 2. How much of the poem develops and amplifies this comparison?


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By Emily Dickinson (1863)
 * It dropped so low - in my regard**

It dropped so low - in my Regard - I heard it hit the Ground - And go to pieces on the Stones At bottom of my Mind -

Yet blamed the Fate that flung it - //less// - Than I denounced Myself, For entertaining Plated Wares Upon My Silver Shelf -