The Soul’s distinct connection
With immortality
Is best disclosed by Danger
Or quick Calamity —

As Lightning on a Landscape
Exhibits Sheets of Place —
Not yet suspected — but for Flash —
And Click — and Suddenness.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem The Soul’s distinct connection

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