A Short Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s ‘My River runs to thee’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘My River runs to thee’ is a short poem, even by Dickinson’s brief, telegrammatic standards, but as with so many of Dickinson’s poems, it carries an arresting opening line, and reminds us that the river and the sea are endlessly linked in one great cycle. My River runs to … Read more