Our Journey Had Advanced;
Our Journey Had Advanced; - meaning Summary
Approaching an Existential Fork
Dickinson’s poem presents a brief, allegorical journey that reaches a decisive crossroads between earthly life and eternity. The travelers pause in awe before a dark, intervening realm that suggests death and uncertainty. Retreat is impossible and the path forward is marked by inevitability and divine oversight. The poem compresses fear, resignation, and the presence of God into a compact scene of transition and moral culmination.
Read Complete AnalysesOur journey had advanced; Our feet were almost come To that odd fork in Being’s road, Eternity by term. Our pace took sudden awe, Our feet reluctant led. Before were cities, but between, The forest of the dead. Retreat was out of hope,– Behind, a sealed route, Eternity’s white flag before, And God at every gate.
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