This World is not Conclusion

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"This World is not Conclusion" is a short, characteristically enigmatic lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that meditates on faith, doubt, and the limits of human understanding.

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instanceOf lyric poem
poem
author Emily Dickinson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Emily Dickinson
discussedIn scholarship on American religious poetry
studies of Emily Dickinson's religious thought
explores inadequacy of rational proof for faith
persistence of spiritual longing
tension between belief and skepticism
form short poem
genre lyric poetry
hasCanonicalStatus frequently anthologized Dickinson poem
hasImagery philosophical imagery
religious imagery
hasNarrativeVoice first-person speaker
language English
literaryMovement American poetry
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature
openingLine This World is not Conclusion self-linksurface differs
surface form: This World is not Conclusion.
partOf Emily Dickinson
surface form: Emily Dickinson's lyric corpus
style compressed
elliptical
enigmatic
subjectOf literary criticism on faith and doubt in Dickinson
theme afterlife
doubt
faith
limits of human understanding
religion
skepticism
spiritual struggle
uncertainty
tone ambivalent
meditative
probing
usesLiteraryDevice capitalization for emphasis
dashes
ellipsis
metaphor
paradox

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