The Himmaleh Was Known to Stoop
poem 481
The Himmaleh Was Known to Stoop - meaning Summary
Compassion Toward Smallness
Dickinson contrasts immense grandeur with humble life, imagining the Himalaya stooping in compassion toward a single daisy. The poem marvels that something so vast would attend to something so small, suggesting tenderness across scales and a universe that honors fragility. Its tone is astonished and gentle, turning a grand, distant image into an intimate moment of care and wonder.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Himmaleh was known to stoop Unto the Daisy low Transported with Compassion That such a Doll should grow Where Tent by Tent Her Universe Hung out its Flags of Snow
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