This Chasm Sweet upon my life

Read 'This Chasm Sweet upon my life' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

This Chasm Sweet upon my life by Emily Dickinson

 This Chasm, Sweet, upon my life
I mention it to you,
When Sunrise through a fissure drop
The Day must follow too.

If we demur, its gaping sides
Disclose as 'twere a Tomb
Ourself am lying straight wherein
The Favorite of Doom.

When it has just contained a Life
Then, Darling, it will close
And yet so bolder every Day
So turbulent it grows

I'm tempted half to stitch it up
With a remaining Breath
I should not miss in yielding, though
To Him, it would be Death --

And so I bear it big about
My Burial -- before
A Life quite ready to depart
Can harass me no more --

Form: Lyric

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