Give Little Anguish
poem 310
Give Little Anguish - meaning Summary
Anguish Versus Silent Death
The poem compares small, everyday suffering to the overwhelming, final silence of death. Minor pains are noisy and attention-seeking; larger catastrophes also demand breath and caution. Death, by contrast, is wordless and monumental, resembling a cold, unmoving disc whose presence surpasses any human speech. Dickinson contrasts active display with solemn, speechless sublimity to suggest that true finality transcends ordinary expression and feeling.
Read Complete AnalysesGive little Anguish Lives will fret Give Avalanches And they’ll slant Straighten look cautious for their Breath But make no syllable like Death Who only shows the Marble Disc Sublimer sort than Speech
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