I am afraid to own a Body -- - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - I am afraid to own a Body --

I am afraid to own a Body --
I am afraid to own a Soul --
Profound -- precarious Property --
Possession, not optional --

Double Estate -- entailed at pleasure
Upon an unsuspecting Heir --
Duke in a moment of Deathlessness
And God, for a Frontier.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1090. I am afraid to own a Body -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Aug 3 2002 Comment 1 of 1, added on June 11th, 2007 at 9:24 AM. I need a woman for making ALi from Iran More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, I am afraid to own a Body --, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1090. I am afraid to own a Body -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-20 14:32:12 Poem of the Day: Aug 3 2002 Viewed 6759 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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