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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO RACK CAN TORTURE ME, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: So's liberty Subject(s): Liberty | |||
No Rack can torture me - My Soul - at Liberty - Behind this mortal Bone There knits a bolder One - You cannot prick with saw - Nor pierce with Scimitar - Two Bodies - therefore be - Bind One - The Other fly - The Eagle of his Nest No easier divest - And gain the Sky Than mayest Thou - Except Thyself may be Thine Enemy - Captivity is Consciousness - So's Liberty. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
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