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Somewhere upon the general Earth

Read 'Somewhere upon the general Earth' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Somewhere upon the general Earth by Emily Dickinson

 Somewhere upon the general Earth
Itself exist Today --
The Magic passive but extant
That consecrated me --

Indifferent Seasons doubtless play
Where I for right to be --
Would pay each Atom that I am
But Immortality --

Reserving that but just to prove
Another Date of Thee --
Oh God of Width, do not for us
Curtail Eternity!

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