I cannot meet the Spring unmoved --

Read 'I cannot meet the Spring unmoved --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

I cannot meet the Spring unmoved -- by Emily Dickinson

 I cannot meet the Spring unmoved --
I feel the old desire --
A Hurry with a lingering, mixed,
A Warrant to be fair --

A Competition in my sense
With something hid in Her --
And as she vanishes, Remorse
I saw no more of Her.

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