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"How fits his Umber Coat" By Emily Dickinson [Analysis]

How fits his Umber Coat[1] The Tailor of the Nut?[2] Combined without a seam[3] Like Raiment of a Dream [4] Who spun the Auburn Cloth?[5] Computed how the girth?[6] The Chestnut aged grows[7] In those primeval Clothes [8] We know that we are wise [9] Accomplished in Surprise [10] Yet by this Countryman [11] This nature how undone![12]
Poem 1371 [F1414] "How fits his Umber Coat" Analysis by David Preest [Poem]

Emily marvels at the chestnut. How does its maker fit on that seamless 'Umber Coat'? 'Who spun the Auburn Cloth' [of which it is made], and how was the size of these 'primeval clothes' worked out? We humans are skilled at dealing with the surprises that come our way, yet even we are baffled by this chestnut Countryman of ours.
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