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THE PROPS ASSIST THE HOUSE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Affirming it a soul Subject(s): Houses; Building & Builders; Soul | ||||||||
The Props assist the House Until the House is built And then the Props withdraw And adequate, erect, The House support itself And cease to recollect The Auger and the Carpenter - Just such a retrospect Hath the perfected Life - A past of Plank and Nail And slowness - then the Scaffolds drop Affirming it a Soul | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY |
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