Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Poetry - As Imperceptibly As Grief
- Poem is about Emily Dickinson's
fear of death and feeling as if
she is being tricked by time - passing away.
- Key Quotes
- The title and first line 'As
Imperceptibly As Grief' links the
idea of grief and passing of
summer.
- Melancholic tone 'Twilight long
begun' suggests grief is
overtaking her happiness
'summer lapsed away' passing of
time and life.
- 'Dusk' and 'twilight' suggest passing of time.
- Final words 'Summer made her light escape into the beautiful'
suggests passing of time in inevitable. More positive, release into
heaven.
- Tone is more hopeful
- Context
- She was recluse, lived opposite a
grave yard and saw many of her
friends die.
- Themes And Links
- Passing of time -
To Autumn and
Afternoons
- The Natural world -
To Autumn, Excerpt
From The Prelude,
Death Of A
Naturalist.