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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH IS THE SUPPLE SUITOR, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: And kindred as responsive %as porcelain
Variant Title(s): Poem: 1445; Poem: 147
Subject(s): Death
Last Line: And kindred as responsive %as porcelain
Variant Title(s): Poem: 1445; Poem: 147
Subject(s): Death
Death is the supple Suitor
That wins at last -
It is a stealthy Wooing
Conducted first
By pallid innuendoes
And dim approach
But brave at last with Bugles
And a bisected Coach
It bears away in triumph
To Troth unknown
And Kindred as responsive
As Porcelain.
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