Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I LIKE A LOOK OF AGONY, by EMILY DICKINSON



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First Line: I like a look of agony / because I know its true
Last Line: By homely anguish strung.
Subject(s): Death


I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it's true -
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate, a Throe -

The Eyes glaze once - and that is Death -
Impossible to feign
The Beads upon the Forehead
By homely Anguish strung.




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