Perhaps youd like to buy a flower

Read 'Perhaps youd like to buy a flower' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Perhaps youd like to buy a flower by Emily Dickinson

 Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower,
But I could never sell --
If you would like to borrow,
Until the Daffodil

Unties her yellow Bonnet
Beneath the village door,
Until the Bees, from Clover rows
Their Hock, and Sherry, draw,

Why, I will lend until just then,
But not an hour more!

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