What do the dashes contribute to the poem?

What will be an ideal response?


* They function as a kind of punctuation to help Dickinson create meaning.
* They also work to create ambiguity since they are less definitive than a comma or a period. A good example of this ambiguity is in the final word of the poem: "-then-"

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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