His Heart Was Darker Than the Starless Night
His Heart Was Darker Than the Starless Night - meaning Summary
Unyielding Interior Darkness
The poem presents a stark image of a heart whose darkness is unlike ordinary night because it holds no promise of morning. Dickinson contrasts natural cycles of renewal with an inner receptacle that refuses hope or dawn. The short lyric suggests emotional desolation is absolute and impermeable to consolation, emphasizing the absence of expectation or recovery rather than temporary sorrow.
Read Complete AnalysesHis Heart was darker than the starless night For that there is a morn But in this black Receptacle Can be no Bode of Dawn
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