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Read the poem: “The bone that has no marrow”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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The bone that has no marrow

The bone that has no marrow;

   What ultimate for that?

It is not fit for table,

   For beggar, or for cat.

A bone has obligations,

   A being has the same;

A marrowless assembly

   Is culpabler than shame.

But how shall finished creatures

   A function fresh obtain? —

Old Nicodemus’ phantom

   Confronting us again!


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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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