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CONTRAST by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: A DOOR JUST OPENED ON A STREET
Last Line: ENLIGHTENING MISERY.

A door just opened on a street --
I, lost, was passing by --
An instant's width of warmth disclosed,
And wealth, and company.
The door as sudden shut, and I,
I, lost, was passing by, --
Lost doubly, but by contrast most,
Enlightening misery.



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