The Hallowing of Pain
poem 772
The Hallowing of Pain - meaning Summary
Pain as Sacred Cost
Dickinson presents pain as a sanctifying, almost sacred process that parallels heavenly consecration but demands bodily sacrifice. The poem argues that merely striving is insufficient; honor or spiritual summit is reserved for those who actually reach the peak. Achievement, not effort alone, is the ‘price’ required. The language condenses a moral of endurance: transformation and recognition come through having borne and completed the ordeal, not through ongoing struggle.
Read Complete AnalysesThe hallowing of Pain Like hallowing of Heaven, Obtains at a corporeal cost The Summit is not given To Him who strives severe At middle of the Hill But He who has achieved the Top All is the price of All
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