A prompt -- executive Bird is the Jay --

Read 'A prompt -- executive Bird is the Jay --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

A prompt -- executive Bird is the Jay -- by Emily Dickinson

 A prompt -- executive Bird is the Jay --
Bold as a Bailiff's Hymn --
Brittle and Brief in quality --
Warrant in every line --

Sitting a Bough like a Brigadier
Confident and straight --
Much is the mien of him in March
As a Magistrate --

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