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–Emily Dickinson

[image description: a page with “Her Breast Is Fit for Pearls” by Emily Dickinson on it. It reads “Her breast is fit for pearls, / But I was not a “Diver” – / Her brow is fit for thrones / But I have not a crest. / Her heart is fit for home – / I – a Sparrow – build there / Sweet of twigs and twine / My perennial nest.“ The reblog has a screencap of a John Mulaney stand up (Comeback Kid). He has one hand up, like he’s in a class, and is saying “I think Emily Dickinson’s a lesbian.”]

The “she” in this poem is generally taken to be

Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson, Emily’s one-time best friend and later sister-in-law. In February 1852–about seven years before “Her breast is fit for pearls” was written–Emily wrote this letter to Sue:

‘Oh Susie, I would nestle close to your warm heart, and never hear the wind blow or
the storm beat again…..thank you for loving me, darling ….dearer you cannot be, for
I love you so already that it almost breaks my heart – perhaps I can love you anew
every day of my life, every morning and evening (L74).’