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Dickinson, Emily My life closed twice

	On-Line Text
Genre	Poem
Keywords	Grief, Love, Mourning, Ordinary Life, Pain, Suffering
Summary	The poet tells of having suffered two great losses--losses so monumental that they are comparable to death. She wonders if another such devastating event awaits her in the future.
Source	Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Publisher	Avenal
Edition	1982
Editors	Mabel Loomis Todd & T. W. Higginson
Place Published	New York
Miscellaneous	First published: 1896
Annotated by	Chen, Irene
Date of Entry	12/03/93