I send Two Sunsets

Read 'I send Two Sunsets' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

I send Two Sunsets by Emily Dickinson

 I send Two Sunsets --
Day and I -- in competition ran --
I finished Two -- and several Stars --
While He -- was making One --

His own was ampler -- but as I
Was saying to a friend --
Mine -- is the more convenient
To Carry in the Hand --

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