Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHAT SOFT, CHERUBIC CREATURES, by EMILY DICKINSON


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Last Line: Be so — ashamed of thee
Subject(s): Women


What Soft - Cherubic Creatures -
These Gentlewomen are -
One would as soon assault a Plush -
Or violate a Star -

Such Dimity Convictions -
A Horror so refined
Of freckled Human Nature -
Of Deity - ashamed -

It's such a common - Glory -
A Fisherman's - Degree -
Redemption - Brittle Lady -
Be so - ashamed of Thee




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