Emily Dickinson

How Good to Be Alive!

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How Good to Be Alive! - meaning Summary

Joy in Doubled Existence

This brief lyric celebrates the wonder of being alive in two senses: the physical birth that began life and a second, relational or spiritual life experienced "in Thee." The poem expresses exuberant gratitude for a new, intensified existence alongside or within another presence. Its compressed lines convey immediacy and delight rather than explanation, inviting readers to feel the doubled vitality rather than analyze its source in detail.

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How good to be alive! How infinite to be Alive two-fold The Birth I had And this besides, in Thee!

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