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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SOUL SHOULD ALWAYS STAND AJAR, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Her visitor, no more
Subject(s): Soul
Last Line: Her visitor, no more
Subject(s): Soul
The Soul should always stand ajar
That if the Heaven inquire
He will not be obliged to wait
Or shy of troubling Her
Depart, before the Host have slid
The Bolt unto the Door -
To search for the accomplished Guest,
Her Visitor, no more
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