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There are 34 poems by Enily Dickinson. This one is very special, The word
"death" in the beginning line of this poem is not capitalized. There are
two "death"s in this poem.
The first one, "death" is not capitalized, which can be seen as normal
"death" -- departure from the living, opposite to birth.
While the second one, "Death" is capitalized, which is thought as a Certain
person, whose name should be capitalized. Could anyone give me another
understanding? Thanks.
Steve Zeng (Zeng Lingzhong) from China