I sometimes drop it for a Quick --

Read 'I sometimes drop it for a Quick --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

I sometimes drop it for a Quick -- by Emily Dickinson

 I sometimes drop it, for a Quick --
The Thought to be alive --
Anonymous Delight to know --
And Madder -- to conceive --

Consoles a Woe so monstrous
That did it tear all Day,
Without an instant's Respite --
'Twould look too far -- to Die --

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