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SUSPENSE by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: ELYSIUM IS AS FAR AS TO
Last Line: THE OPENING OF A DOOR!
Subject(s): LOVE;

ELYSIUM is as far as to
The very nearest room,
If in that room a friend await
Felicity or doom.

What fortitude the soul contains,
That it can so endure
The accent of a coming foot,
The opening of a door!



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