Witchcraft Has Not a Pedigree
Witchcraft Has Not a Pedigree - meaning Summary
Magic as Innate Force
The short lyric asserts that 'witchcraft' is not a hereditary trait but an elemental force present in life from the first breath. Dickinson suggests this uncanny power accompanies human experience, encountered by mourners at death's threshold. The poem reframes witchcraft as an immanent quality of being rather than an inherited stigma, implying a universal, intimate presence that links birth and dying moments.
Read Complete AnalysesWitchcraft has not a pedigree, ‘Tis early as our breath, And mourners meet it going out The moment of our death.
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