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Dickinson's I Send Two Sunsets. (analysis of an Emily Dickinson poem)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 19960322
Author:Birden, Lorene M.

'I Send Two Sunsets' exhibits Emily Dickinson's desire to be productive and appreciated. 'Day' may be interpreted as either the length of time within which to finish the poem, i.e., before sunset, or as a connotation of a supreme rival who turns out to be not quite as superior. The second stanza is removed from the cosmic quality of the first with indications of poetry being critiqued through a third person.

I send two Sunsets - Day and I - in competition ran - I finished two - and several Stars - While He - was making One -

His own was ampler - but as I Was saying to a friend Mine - is ...

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