‘Tis easier to pity those when dead
That which pity previous
Would have saved —
A Tragedy enacted
Secures Applause
That Tragedy enacting
Too seldom does.
‘Tis easier to pity those when dead
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem ‘Tis easier to pity those when dead
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