Power is a familiar growth --

Read 'Power is a familiar growth --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Power is a familiar growth -- by Emily Dickinson

 Power is a familiar growth --
Not foreign -- not to be --
Beside us like a bland Abyss
In every company --
Escape it -- there is but a chance --
When consciousness and clay
Lean forward for a final glance --
Disprove that and you may --

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