Most She Touched Me by Her Muteness
poem 760
Most She Touched Me by Her Muteness - meaning Summary
Gratitude in Silent Charity
Dickinson describes being most moved by a silent, humble figure whose meek plea for charity produces a profound emotional response. The speaker imagines offering a crumb in a time of famine and witnesses the recipient’s quiet gratitude as something almost sacred, like space itself singing. The poem shifts from an initial, almost mythic impression to a realization that the beggar’s gratitude elevates both giver and receiver into a spiritual exchange.
Read Complete AnalysesMost she touched me by her muteness Most she won me by the way She presented her small figure Plea itself for Charity Were a Crumb my whole possession Were there famine in the land Were it my resource from starving Could I such a plea withstand Not upon her knee to thank me Sank this Beggar from the Sky But the Crumb partook departed And returned On High I supposed when sudden Such a Praise began ‘Twas as Space sat singing To herself and men ‘Twas the Winged Beggar Afterward I learned To her Benefactor Making Gratitude
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