One and One -- are One --

Read 'One and One -- are One --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

One and One -- are One -- by Emily Dickinson

 One and One -- are One --
Two -- be finished using --
Well enough for Schools --
But for Minor Choosing --

Life -- just -- or Death --
Or the Everlasting --
More -- would be too vast
For the Soul's Comprising --

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