My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close Summary
Emily Dickinson

My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close Summary

"My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close" was first published in Dickinson's posthumous third collection, Poems by Emily Dickinson, third series, in 1896. Scholars do not know when it was written. The poem has also been published in some other anthologies under the name "Parting." Like much of Dickinson's best work, this poem is simultaneously personal and universal. On a personal level, the poem's speaker is telling of the losses he or she has...

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