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A Death blow is a Life blow to Some

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A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
Who till they died, did not alive become —
Who had they lived, had died but when
They died, Vitality begun.

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  • Purrsanthema
    March 5
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    I adore Emily Dickinson

  • sanmdr
    August 4, 2006
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    poem speaks about a meaningless existence...that actually death seems to give a new beginning... perhaps refers to eternal life...

  • Dead Kennedy Rolls
    January 22, 2006
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    Yes, but this is the first time of me reading this, and I must say that I like it. ~Dead Kennedy Rolls

  • fragrance
    April 1, 2005
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    Miss Dickinson to some extent is a dejected poet always dealing with an expression of death.