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This is one of the only poems by Emily Dickinson that I completely understood the first time I read it. This poem is called, "Empty my Heart, of Thee--." I thought that this poem was very interesting. It talks about what it would be like at the end of the world. Emily Dickinson used good description in this poem such as: I thought these were very good clues that explained that she was talking about the end of the world. In the poem everything is destroyed or disappears. The poem is basically saying that there is an end for everything, even the unthinkable can end -- the world, so enjoy every moment you have on it.
 * Simply Extinction's Date - (explains that the world will end)
 * Subtract Thyself, in play, - (while you are living, it is basically game over you are done living)
 * Erase the Root-- no Tree-- (everything is gone and no proof left of anything)
 * The Heavens stripped-- (The sky is no longer)
 * Eternity's vast pocket, picked-- (The unthinkable becomes true)

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