My life close twice before its close

My life closed twice before its close-
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me

So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

Analysis:

    In the poem "My life close twice before its close", Dickinson strongly suggests that she has come close to death or loss at some other point in her life. Through imagery she conveys that her life like a door has almost actually come to a close. Now this might not be relating to death, her closing could simply be losing something that was close to her. In the first line she is referring to her past. Then in the second line she states "It yet remains to see". Here I think she is saying that her life has yet to actually concluded in death, and that the third event will actually be the end of her life. The word "Immortality" stands out in this poem, it is the only word that is capitalized that isn't at the beginning of a line. This perhaps suggests that because Emily experienced two life ending situations but yet still lived she thinks of herself as being some what immortal. Death is huge and hopeless she describes as the two other times she experienced it. She then concludes the poem by suggesting that all we know of heaven is when we part with someone from death, but yet that same death is a representation of the agony and heartache of hell.