To be alive -- is Power --

Read 'To be alive -- is Power --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

To be alive -- is Power -- by Emily Dickinson

 To be alive -- is Power --
Existence -- in itself --
Without a further function --
Omnipotence -- Enough --

To be alive -- and Will!
'Tis able as a God --
The Maker -- of Ourselves -- be what --
Such being Finitude!

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