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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WOUNDED DEER LEAPS HIGHEST, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: "and ""you're hurt"" exclaim!"
Subject(s): Death; Deer
Last Line: "and ""you're hurt"" exclaim!"
Subject(s): Death; Deer
A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell ;
'T is but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.
The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs :
A cheek is always redder
Just where the hectic stings!
Mirth is the mail of anguish,
In which it cautions arm,
Lest anybody spy the blood
And "You're hurt" exclaim!
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