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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEART ASKS PLEASURE FIRST, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: The privilege to die
Subject(s): Personal Rights; Death
Last Line: The privilege to die
Subject(s): Personal Rights; Death
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain ;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering ;
And then, to go to sleep ;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die
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