A Fitting Tribute

I introduced a poem yesterday that was a tribute to Emily Dickinson written by Mary Elwell Storrs.  Supposedly the poem was published in the Springfield Republican in May 1891, although I’ve perused the May editions, and I’ve been unable to find it.  Storrs wrote the poem after the first collection of Dickinson’s poems was published posthumously by Mabel Loomis Todd.  Yesterday’s post gave background information about Mary Storrs, her husband Richard, and their connection to Austin and Susan Dickinson, Emily’s brother and sister-in-law, and that post can be found HERE.

Today, I offer Storrs’ poem again, and this time I’ve added notes off to the side which highlight the various connections Storrs made to the Belle of Amherst, other poets of the day, major themes found in Dickinson’s poetry, and even some individual poems written by Dickinson. It’s clear that Storrs had in-depth knowledge of her subject!

Does anything else about the poem jump out at you?
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BTW:  I’ve continued to look for info related to this poem’s original publication.  It was definitely not in the May 22, 1891 issue of the Springfield (weekly) Republican.  Based on what I found last night, I believe it might have been printed in the Springfield (Sunday) Republican on May 22, 1892; however, I can’t seem to find a digitized copy of this paper – at least not one accessible to me.  I’ll keep looking!  ; )