The First Day’s Night Had Come
poem 410
The First Day’s Night Had Come - meaning Summary
Recovery After Overwhelming Shock
The poem describes a speaker emerging from an intense, overwhelming experience framed as a night after a terrible day. The soul is damaged and must be repaired, while the mind reacts with inappropriate laughter and lingering giggles long after the event. Daily horrors repeat, and the speaker notes a persistent change in identity, ending uncertain whether the altered self is recovery or a turn toward madness.
Read Complete AnalysesThe first Day’s Night had come And grateful that a thing So terrible had been endured I told my Soul to sing She said her Strings were snapt Her Bow to Atoms blown And so to mend her gave me work Until another Morn And then a Day as huge As Yesterdays in pairs, Unrolled its horror in my face Until it blocked my eyes My Brain begun to laugh I mumbled like a fool And tho’ ’tis Years ago that Day My Brain keeps giggling still. And Something’s odd within That person that I was And this One do not feel the same Could it be Madness this?
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