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THE RIGHT TO PERISH MIGHT BE THOUGHT by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: To pay you scrutiny
Subject(s): HUMAN RIGHTS; DEATH;
The right to perish might be thought
An undisputed right -
Attempt it, and the Universe
Upon the opposite
Will concentrate its officers -
You cannot even die
But nature and mankind must pause
To pay you scrutiny


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