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Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE DIED - THIS WAS THE WAY SHE DIED
Last Line: UPON THE MORTAL SIDE.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
SHE died, -- this was the way she died;
And when her breath was done,
Took up her simple wardrobe
And started for the sun.

Her little figure at the gate
The angels must have spied,
Since I could never find her
Upon the mortal side.



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