There is a Shame of Nobleness --

Read 'There is a Shame of Nobleness --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

There is a Shame of Nobleness -- by Emily Dickinson

 There is a Shame of Nobleness --
Confronting Sudden Pelf --
A finer Shame of Ecstasy --
Convicted of Itself --

A best Disgrace -- a Brave Man feels --
Acknowledged -- of the Brave --
One More -- "Ye Blessed" -- to be told --
But that's -- Behind the Grave --

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