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A PROMPT, EXECUTIVE BIRD IS THE JAY by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: As a Magistrate
Subject(s): JAYS;

A prompt - executive Bird is the Jay -
Bold as a Bailiff's Hymn -
Brittle and Brief in quality -
Warrant in every line -

Sitting a Bough like a Brigadier
Confident and straight -
Much is the mien of him in March
As a Magistrate



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