I believe it is possible to speak of loss as lasting without completely exonerating those who are greedy, panicked, or paranoid.

Did Dickinson send something so elaborate just to say "get out of my life?"

Vendler allows this lyric to resonate with moral force, and I have no doubt some will commit this poem to memory because of her interpretation.

What seems to be at stake for Dickinson is as much as a bee, a butterfly, and a breeze. Why can’t she just have her say and be left alone?