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LIFE by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: OUR SHARE OF NIGHT TO BEAR
Last Line: AFTERWARDS—DAY!
Subject(s): LIFE;

Our share of night to bear,
Our share of morning,
Our blank in bliss to fill,
Our blank in scorning.

Here a star, and there a star,
Some lost their way.
Here a mist, and there a mist,
Afterwards—day!



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