A Word Dropped Careless on a Page
A Word Dropped Careless on a Page - meaning Summary
Small Words, Large Effects
Dickinson warns that a single careless word can have disproportionate, lasting effects. The poem compares a dropped word to an infection that lingers in folded pages and wounds readers far into the future. Language becomes pathogenic: a sentence breeds despair that travels across centuries like malaria. The tone is compact and cautionary, suggesting both the physical durability of text and the moral responsibility of speech and writing.
Read Complete AnalysesA Word dropped careless on a Page May stimulate an eye When folded in perpetual seam The Wrinkled Maker lie Infection in the sentence breeds We may inhale Despair At distances of Centuries From the Malaria –
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