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I REASON, EARTH IS SHORT by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: But what of that?
Subject(s): MORTALITY;
I reason, earth is short,
And anguish absolute,
And many hurt;
But what of that?

I reason, we could die :
The best vitality
Cannot excel decay ;
But what of that?

I reason that in heaven
Somehow, it will be even,
Some new equation given ;
But what of that?


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