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Emily Dickinson (I died for beauty)

Katarina schrieb am 1. Januar 2004 um 22:42 Uhr (344x gelesen):

Please help me understand what this poems about, line for line...
I died for beauty-but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb
When One who died for Truth, was lain
In an adjoining Room-
He questioned softly "Why I failed"?
"For beauty", I replied-
"And I-for Truth-Themself are One-
We Bretheren, are", He said-
And so, as Kinsmen, met a night-
We talked between the Rooms-
Until the Moss had reached our lips-
And covered up-our names-

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