More Life — went out — when He went

More Life — went out — when He went
Than Ordinary Breath —
Lit with a finer Phosphor —
Requiring in the Quench —

A Power of Renowned Cold,
The Climate of the Grave
A Temperature just adequate
So Anthracite, to live —

For some — an Ampler Zero —
A Frost more needle keen
Is necessary, to reduce
The Ethiop within.

Others — extinguish easier —
A Gnat’s minutest Fan
Sufficient to obliterate
A Tract of Citizen —

Whose Peat lift — amply vivid —
Ignores the solemn News
That Popocatapel exists —
Or Etna’s Scarlets, Choose —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem More Life — went out — when He went

1 Comment

  1. 碧海澄波星月朗 says:

    spirit,the holy spirit of human being,it is a power of Renowned Cold,and also ignores Etna’s Scarlets whenever it shoots

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