The Months Have Ends the Years a Knot
poem 423
The Months Have Ends the Years a Knot - meaning Summary
Cycles, Rest, and Resignation
This short poem contemplates time, mortality, and the human fatigue that leads to restful cessation. Dickinson presents months and years as knotted and unfixable, the earth as a caretaker that tucks exhausted lives away, and compares people to children who tire of play and set aside their toys. The tone is quiet and resigned, suggesting an inevitable, almost tender ending rather than violent loss.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Months have ends the Years a knot No Power can untie To stretch a little further A Skein of Misery The Earth lays back these tired lives In her mysterious Drawers Too tenderly, that any doubt An ultimate Repose The manner of the Children Who weary of the Day Themself the noisy Plaything They cannot put away
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