As Imperceptibly as Grief Flashcards
Title (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
The word ‘imperceptibly’ could suggest that no-one notices the speaker’s pain and grief because it has happened so gradually. The use of the noun ‘grief’ suggests that the pain is unbreakable and overwhelming. Grief is seen to be life changing.
Here comes the sun doodododo (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
“Summer lapsed away”
The imagery of ‘summer’ could represent happiness or the peak time in life. The verb ‘lapsed’ could represent that time is passing and the speaker in the poem is thinking that death is appropriate.
The famous film series starring Patterson (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
“Twilight long begun”
The use of the image ‘Twilight’ could suggest that the speaker is trapped between dark/depressed and light/happiness. ‘Long begun’ shows a melancholic tone of the darkness taking over the happiness.
Sun go bye bye (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
“Dusk drew earlier in”
The word ‘dusk’ suggests that the speaker feels the darkness is drawing closer and she feels that the light (her happiness) is growing shorter each day. It could also imply that it is coming earlier each day suggesting that the light is leaving.
Sun come back (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
“morning foreign shone”
The morning is ‘foreign’ to her because it offers light and hope. This is something that she does not recognise.
Oxymoron (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
“harrowing Grace”
The oxymoronic phrase ‘harrowing grace’ suggests that everything that everything that should be gentle and kind to her seems paonful and frightening.
Bird use to fly (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
“Wing” and “keel”
‘Wing’ and ‘keel’ could suggest that the speaker feels like she is unstable and trapped. The speaker craves freedom but can’t see any escape.
Hoppeful ending (As Imperceptibly as Grief)
“Into the beautiful”
The poem ends positively by Dickinson using the word ‘Beautiful’. This could imply that she is now ready to move on to heaven.
