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TO LOSE THEE, SWEETER THAN TO GAIN by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: No Caspian could be
Subject(s): LOVE – LOSS OF;

To lose thee - sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew.
'Tis true the drought is destitute,
But then, I had the dew!

The Caspian has its realms of sand,
Its other realm of sea.
Without the sterile perquisite,
No Caspian could be



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