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EMILY DICKINSON AND KATHERINE ANNE PORTER by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: EMILY DICKSON'S FATHER YANKED ON THE BAPTIST BELL
Last Line: To hold her to the light like a plucked flower
Subject(s): DICKINSON, EMILY (1830-1886); BAPTISTS; PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE (1890-1980);
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