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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SOUL'S SUPERIOR INSTANTS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Of immortality Subject(s): Immortality; Soul | |||
The Soul's Superior instants Occur to Her - alone - When friend - and Earth's occasion Have infinite withdrawn - Or She - Herself - ascended To too remote a Height For lower Recognition Than Her Omnipotent - This Mortal Abolition Is seldom - but as fair As Apparition - subject To Autocratic Air - Eternity's disclosure To favorites - a few - Of the Colossal substance Of Immortality | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON FAITH' IS A FINE INVENTION by EMILY DICKINSON |
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