New Feet Within My Garden Go
poem 99
New Feet Within My Garden Go - meaning Summary
Renewal Amid Recurring Seasons
The poem contrasts fresh life and activity in a garden—"new feet," playful children, a singing troubadour—with the presence of burial and sleep, suggesting death close by. Rather than resolving this tension, Dickinson emphasizes cyclical time: spring returns and snow remains punctual. The result is a quiet meditation on continuity amid change, where renewal and loss coexist without dramatic judgment.
Read Complete AnalysesNew feet within my garden go New fingers stir the sod A Troubadour upon the Elm Betrays the solitude. New children play upon the green New Weary sleep below And still the pensive Spring returns And still the punctual snow!
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