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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REMORSE IS MEMORY AWAKE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The complement of hell Subject(s): Grief | |||
Remorse is memory awake, Her companies astir,--- A presence of departed acts At window and at door. It's past set down before the soul, And lighted with a match, Perusal to facilitate Of its condensed despatch. Remorse is cureless,---the disease Not even God can heal; For 't is his institution,--- The complement of hell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE I HAVE FOLDED MY SORROWS by BOB KAUFMAN FAITH' IS A FINE INVENTION by EMILY DICKINSON |
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