Read the poem: “Death”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Death

Death is like the insect

   Menacing the tree,

Competent to kill it,

   But decoyed may be.

Bait it with the balsam,

   Seek it with the knife,

Baffle, if it cost you

   Everything in life.

Then, if it have burrowed

   Out of reach of skill,

Ring the tree and leave it, —

   ‘T is the vermin’s will.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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