A First Mute Coming
poem 702
A First Mute Coming - meaning Summary
Thresholds of Unfamiliar Faith
This short poem meditates on firsts as moments of uncertain passage: an arrival in a stranger’s house, a departure marked by celebratory bells, and an exchange that replaces what was once mixed. Dickinson frames these transitions as liminal experiences that reveal how faith alone can perceive or value what is offered. The poem compresses arrival, departure, and spiritual reckoning into a few images, suggesting that beginnings and endings are intertwined and that belief is required to recognize the worth or meaning of such exchanges.
Read Complete AnalysesA first Mute Coming In the Stranger’s House A first fair Going When the Bells rejoice A first Exchange of What hath mingled been For Lot exhibited to Faith alone
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