Emily Dickinson

Like Brooms of Steel

Like Brooms of Steel - meaning Summary

Winter's Small Domestic Scene

The short poem presents a small domestic winter scene after a storm. Snow and wind have cleared the street, sunlight offers weak warmth, and silence is imagined as a rider moving through the hush. A bird and the personified silence pass the house while one apple in the cellar remains, quietly singled out as the sole playful presence. The tone is observant, intimate, and quietly detached.

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Like Brooms of Steel The Snow and Wind Had swept the Winter Street – The House was hooked The Sun sent out Faint Deputies of Heat – Where rode the Bird The Silence tied His ample – plodding Steed The Apple in the Cellar snug Was all the one that played.

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