Emily Dickinson

Mine by the Right of the White Election!

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Mine by the Right of the White Election! - meaning Summary

Possession Beyond Earthly Bounds

The poem asserts a speaker's absolute, unassailable claim to something—perhaps love, identity, or spiritual belonging—by invoking legal and religious imagery. Phrases like "Royal Seal" and "Scarlet prison" transform possession into both a sacred right and a paradoxical confinement. The repeated "Mine" emphasizes certainty, while references to grave and ages suggest endurance beyond death. Overall it presents possession as transcendent, sanctioned, and eternal.

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Mine by the Right of the White Election! Mine by the Royal Seal! Mine by the Sign in the Scarlet prison Bars cannot conceal! Mine here in Vision and in Veto! Mine by the Grave’s Repeal Tilted Confirmed Delirious Charter! Mine long as Ages steal!

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