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ABRAHAM TO KILL HIM by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: MANNERS MAY PREVAIL
Subject(s): ABRAHAM; BIBLE; ISAAC (BIBLE); RELIGION;

Abraham to kill him -
Was distinctly told -
Isaac was an Urchin -
Abraham was old -


Not a hesitation -
Abraham complied -
Flattered by Obeisance
Tyranny demurred -


Isaac - to his children
Lived to tell the tale -
Moral - with a Mastiff
Manners may prevail.




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