As One Does Sickness Over
poem 957
As One Does Sickness Over - meaning Summary
Reassessing Survival and Identity
The poem describes the reflective state that follows extreme danger or illness. In recovery the mind reexamines the contingent events that made survival possible, mentally retracing a near-fall and testing the fragile supports that prevented disaster. This retrospective scrutiny becomes a habit of the soul: after suffering, a person habitually questions how much of their identity or fate was shaped by chance. The tone is contemplative and restrained, emphasizing how close escapes prompt ongoing self-examination rather than simple relief.
Read Complete AnalysesAs One does Sickness over In convalescent Mind, His scrutiny of Chances By blessed Health obscured As One rewalks a Precipice And whittles at the Twig That held Him from Perdition Sown sidewise in the Crag A Custom of the Soul Far after suffering Identity to question For evidence’t has been
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