Have any like Myself

Read 'Have any like Myself' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Have any like Myself by Emily Dickinson

 Have any like Myself
Investigating March,
New Houses on the Hill descried --
And possibly a Church --

That were not, We are sure --
As lately as the Snow --
And are Today -- if We exist --
Though how may this be so?

Have any like Myself
Conjectured Who may be
The Occupants of the Adobes --
So easy to the Sky --

'Twould seem that God should be
The nearest Neighbor to --
And Heaven -- a convenient Grace
For Show, or Company --

Have any like Myself
Preserved the Charm secure
By shunning carefully the Place
All Seasons of the Year,

Excepting March -- 'Tis then
My Villages be seen --
And possibly a Steeple --
Not afterward -- by Men --

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