Read this stanza from the poem "The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were."
The morns are meeker than they were—
The nuts are getting brown—
The berry’s cheek is plumper—
The Rose is out of town.
Question
What is the effect of Emily Dickinson using the line "The Rose is out of town"?
Responses
to explain how roses don't stay long
to suggest that the rosebushes have died
to suggest that roses are delicate flowers
to indicate that roses have stopped blooming
