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
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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| createdBy | Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| discussedIn |
scholarship on American religious poetry
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studies of Emily Dickinson's religious thought ⓘ |
| explores |
inadequacy of rational proof for faith
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persistence of spiritual longing ⓘ tension between belief and skepticism ⓘ |
| form | short poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | frequently anthologized Dickinson poem ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
philosophical imagery
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religious imagery ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeVoice | first-person speaker ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
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| partOf |
Emily Dickinson
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surface form:
Emily Dickinson's lyric corpus
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| style |
compressed
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elliptical ⓘ enigmatic ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on faith and doubt in Dickinson ⓘ |
| theme |
afterlife
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doubt ⓘ faith ⓘ limits of human understanding ⓘ religion ⓘ skepticism ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ uncertainty ⓘ |
| tone |
ambivalent
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meditative ⓘ probing ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
capitalization for emphasis
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dashes ⓘ ellipsis ⓘ metaphor ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
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