A Saucer holds a Cup

Read 'A Saucer holds a Cup' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

A Saucer holds a Cup by Emily Dickinson

 A Saucer holds a Cup
In sordid human Life
But in a Squirrel's estimate
A Saucer hold a Loaf.

A Table of a Tree
Demands the little King
And every Breeze that run along
His Dining Room do swing.

His Cutlery -- he keeps
Within his Russer Lips --
To see it flashing when he dines
Do Birmingham eclipse --

Convicted -- could we be
Of our Minutiae
The smallest Citizen that flies
Is heartier than we --

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