Emily Dickinson

Our Lives Are Swiss

Our Lives Are Swiss - meaning Summary

Quiet Lives Upended

The poem likens ordinary, insulated lives to a calm Swiss scene that is suddenly disturbed by an unexpected afternoon when the Alps part and reveal a different world. That glimpse of Italy across the mountains becomes a metaphor for a startling new awareness or desire that interrupts routine. The Alps act both as guardian and temptation, marking a shift from repose to the unsettling possibility of change and longing.

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Our lives are Swiss So still so Cool Till some odd afternoon The Alps neglect their Curtains And we look farther on! Italy stands the other side! While like a guard between The solemn Alps The siren Alps Forever intervene!

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