They dropped like Flakes

Read 'They dropped like Flakes' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

They dropped like Flakes by Emily Dickinson

 They dropped like Flakes --
They dropped like Stars --
Like Petals from a Rose --
When suddenly across the June
A wind with fingers -- goes --

They perished in the Seamless Grass --
No eye could find the place --
But God can summon every face
Of his Repealless -- List.

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