Light Is Sufficient to Itself
poem 862
Light Is Sufficient to Itself - meaning Summary
Self-contained Illumination
The poem argues that light exists independently of human attention. Dickinson presents illumination as self-sufficient: it can be visible on a window pane for those who look, but its radiance is not diminished or enhanced by observation. The same glow belongs equally to a distant squirrel in the Himalaya and to a person nearby, suggesting a democratic, indifferent natural order that does not require compensation or recognition.
Read Complete AnalysesLight is sufficient to itself If Others want to see It can be had on Window Panes Some Hours in the Day. But not for Compensation It holds as large a Glow To Squirrel in the Himmaleh Precisely, as to you.
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