Death & Dying

I like a look of agony

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Death & Dying

I like a look of agony,
Because I know it 's true;
Men do not sham convulsion,
Nor simulate a throe.

The eyes glaze once, and that is death.
Impossible to feign
The beads upon the forehead
By homely anguish strung.

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “I like a look of agony.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/86/.

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Dickinson, Emily. “I like a look of agony.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/86/.

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