Some things that fly there be

Read 'Some things that fly there be' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Some things that fly there be by Emily Dickinson

 Some things that fly there be --
Birds -- Hours -- the Bumblebee --
Of these no Elegy.

Some things that stay there be --
Grief -- Hills -- Eternity --
Nor this behooveth me.

There are that resting, rise.
Can I expound the skies?
How still the Riddle lies!

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