My life closed twice before its close -- - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - My life closed twice before its close --

My life closed twice before its close --
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me

So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art) Poem: 1732. My life closed twice before its close -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jul 12 2009 Comment 65 of 65, added on March 5th, 2009 at 11:41 AM. i think its the meaning of death and the she loves of death. lori from United States Comment 64 of 65, added on February 5th, 2009 at 12:17 PM. It is really important that she choose to say "If Immortality" rather than "when" or something else. Emily is proposing that death is a final event, by showing the uncertainty of "a third event". The only thing we are certain of in this poem is that there will be a "parting" JoeBuckley from United States Comment 63 of 65, added on October 30th, 2008 at 2:02 PM. "Parting is all we know of heaven And all we need of hell" I agree with this comment. We all leave this world to go to heaven or hell, and from hell all we want is distance. Marco Gonzalez from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, My life closed twice before its close --, has received 65 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1732. My life closed twice before its close -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Nov 20 2009, 7:44PM Poem of the Day: Jul 12 2009 Viewed 20323 times. Added on October 30th, 2008 at 2:02 PM.

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