I cannot live with You
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"I cannot live with You" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that meditates on love, separation, and the impossibility of shared earthly or eternal life with the beloved.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| belongsToCanonOf |
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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surface form:
Emily Dickinson poetry
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstLine | I cannot live with You ⓘ |
| focus |
impossibility of living with the beloved in this world
ⓘ
impossibility of sharing the afterlife with the beloved ⓘ |
| form | short lyric ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| includedIn | posthumous collections of Emily Dickinson's poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
enjambment
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irony ⓘ metaphor ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | widely studied poem ⓘ |
| meter | common meter ⓘ |
| modeOfPublication | posthumous publication ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first person ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 19th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalAspect |
reflection on eternity
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reflection on mortality ⓘ reflection on salvation ⓘ |
| religiousImagery | Christianity ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | slant rhyme ⓘ |
| setting |
imagined afterlife
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imagined earthly life ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
speaker and beloved kept apart
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unfulfilled romantic love ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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eternity ⓘ impossibility of shared life ⓘ love ⓘ separation ⓘ spiritual conflict ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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melancholic ⓘ |
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