Somehow myself survived the Night
And entered with the Day —
That it be saved the Saved suffice
Without the Formula.

Henceforth I take my living place
As one commuted led —
A Candidate for Morning Chance
But dated with the Dead.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Somehow myself survived the Night

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