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I have no Life but this — To lead it here — Nor any Death — but lest Dispelled from there —

Nor tie to Earths to come — Nor Action new — Except through this extent — The Realm of you —

This poem is a bit tough so i decided to paraphrase it: I don't have any life that doesn't culmanate where I am, and I will not/do not die a death that doesn't take me from the place where I was. When I die, I shall have no ties to earth, nor any other planet, nor will I do anything more (I'm dead) except through what you do because of the effect my soul had upon yours. This poem is very interesting because it seems that this would be a poem that someone would write when they are deeply in love. Emily is trying to say that she is in the best part of her life, and when she dies she will be free. The only sense that she won't be free is that she will be kept in the hearts around her, seemingly the most in the heart of whom she loved. 1205459677

This poem was also hard for me to understand but i decided to take a little different aproach then Khe did. I think that Emily Dickinson is trying to convey the fact that she had nothing to do with her life but live it and die. I believe that this poem also (in an implied way) can refer to when people say, "Live life to the fullest." I also follow this saying becuase it helps me survive through my everyday life and helps me appreciate everday that i am here on this earth. God gave me a life to live and i should, as well as every other human being, absorb as much time as my life gives me and use to to make the best out of every minute. Emily Dickinson lives her life by doing something she loves and was put on the earth to do, write poetry and convey her emotions through her unique usage of words and rhyming. I believe everyone has their purpose in this world and needs to appreciate what they have before death takes it all away.

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After reading your perspective, I agree with your point of view. It's a different way to look at this poem, but I'm still kind of leaning towards my previous thoughts. This is another thing I love about Emily Dickinson; there are many different interpretations of every one of her poems. Her meanings are sometimes very unclear, and her strange sentence structure can sometimes convey alternate meanings than one might think. This is why I really like what we do in class while reading poetry - all of us write down our unique thoughts and we talk about what we, as a class, think the poem means. 1205469524