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PAPA ABOVE by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: Wheel solemnly away!
Subject(s): HEAVEN;

Papa above!
Regard a Mouse
O'erpowered by the Cat!
Reserve within thy kingdom
A "Mansion" for the Rat!

Snug in seraphic Cupboards
To nibble all the day
While unsuspecting Cycles
Wheel solemnly away!



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