As imperceptably as grief Flashcards
(14 cards)
“as imperceptibly as grief…”
“the summer lapsed away”
“as twilight..”
“long begun”
“Nature spending…”
“with herself a sequestered afternoon”
“the dusk…”
“drew earlier in”
“the morning…”
“foreign shone”
“without a…”
“wing or service of a keel”
“our summer…”
“made her light escape into the beautiful”
“the summer lapsed away”
it was almost unnoticed, similar to how the easing of grief over time is also unnoticed.
“nature spending herself a sequestered afternoon”
nature is personified as a woman who is alone and hidden away, similarly to Dickinson herself
“the dusk drew earlier in”
Dusk is the darker phase of twilight, perhaps implying sadness or dying.
“the morning foreign shone”
brightness seems shocking
“without a wing or service of a keel”
lacks balance and direction
“our summer made her light escape into the beautiful”
offers a final sense of hope
