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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Superiority to fate
Last Line: Subsists till paradise.
Variant Title(s): Poem: 621;poem: 687
Subject(s): Life
First Line: Superiority to fate
Last Line: Subsists till paradise.
Variant Title(s): Poem: 621;poem: 687
Subject(s): Life
SUPERIORITY to fate
Is difficult to learn.
'T is not conferred by any,
But possible to earn
A pittance at a time,
Until, to her surprise,
The soul with strict economy
Subsists till Paradise.
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