What I see not I better see --

Read 'What I see not I better see --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

What I see not I better see -- by Emily Dickinson

 What I see not, I better see --
Through Faith -- my Hazel Eye
Has periods of shutting --
But, No lid has Memory --

For frequent, all my sense obscured
I equally behold
As someone held a light unto
The Features so beloved ---

And I arise -- and in my Dream --
Do Thee distinguished Grace --
Till jealous Daylight interrupt --
And mar thy perfectness --

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