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Oh Shadow on the Grass

Read 'Oh Shadow on the Grass' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Oh Shadow on the Grass by Emily Dickinson

 Oh Shadow on the Grass,
Art thou a Step or not?
Go make thee fair my Candidate
My nominated Heart --
Oh Shadow on the Grass
While I delay to guess
Some other thou wilt consecrate --
Oh Unelected Face --

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