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LIFE by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SUPERIORITY TO FATE
Last Line: SUBSISTS TILL PARADISE.
Subject(s): LIFE;

SUPERIORITY to fate
Is difficult to learn.
'T is not conferred by any,
But possible to earn

A pittance at a time,
Until, to her surprise,
The soul with strict economy
Subsists till Paradise.



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