Doom Is the House Without the Door
poem 475
Doom Is the House Without the Door - meaning Summary
Entrapment by Daylight
The poem presents doom as an internal, inescapable state rather than an external punishment. Imagery of a house without a door entered from the sun and a discarded ladder suggests a point of no return: escape has been abandoned. The speaker contrasts this enclosed doom with a wistful, detached dream of the outside world—squirrels, dying berries, and hemlocks—implying life continues beyond the speaker’s confinement. The tone is resigned, observing both the finality of entrapment and the continuing small, indifferent motions of nature outside.
Read Complete AnalysesDoom is the House without the Door ‘Tis entered from the Sun And then the Ladder’s thrown away, Because Escape is done ‘Tis varied by the Dream Of what they do outside Where Squirrels play and Berries die And Hemlocks bow to God
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