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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESPAIR AND FEAR, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The difference between despair / and fear - is like the one
Last Line: That knows it cannot see.
Subject(s): Despair; Fear
First Line: The difference between despair / and fear - is like the one
Last Line: That knows it cannot see.
Subject(s): Despair; Fear
THE difference between despair
And fear, is like the one
Between the instant of a wreck,
And when the wreck has been.
The mind is smooth, -- no motion --
Contented as the eye
Upon the forehead of a Bust,
That knows it cannot see.
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