"Frigid and sweet Her parting Face " By Emily Dickinson [Analysis]

Frigid and sweet Her parting Face [1] Frigid and fleet my Feet [2] Alien and vain whatever Clime [3] Acrid whatever Fate. [4] Given to me without the Suit [5] Riches and Name and Realm [6] Who was She to withhold from me [7] Penury and Home? [8]
Poem 1318 [F1231] "Frigid and sweet Her parting Face" Analysis by David Preest [Poem]

Judith Farr suggests that the other woman in this poem is Sue. For Emily her frigid parting face was still sweet. Emily's feet would have been fleet to follow her, but, now that she has been frozen out of Sue's love, every 'Clime' and every fate would be equally bitter. And yet Sue had given Emily the riches of love without being courted by Emily. So Emily had not deserved to be deprived of a life together with Sue in a 'Home,' which admittedly would have had the 'Penury' of no male sexual love.
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