Sunset at Night -- is natural

Read 'Sunset at Night -- is natural' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Sunset at Night -- is natural by Emily Dickinson

 Sunset at Night -- is natural --
But Sunset on the Dawn
Reverses Nature -- Master --
So Midnight's -- due -- at Noon.

Eclipses be -- predicted --
And Science bows them in --
But do one face us suddenly --
Jehovah's Watch -- is wrong.

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