The Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean,
The Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean, - meaning Summary
Winter's Small Indignities
Dickinson sketches a bleak winter scene and uses small, domestic images to suggest mood and temperament. Sparse actions—a drifting flake, a narrow wind—are personified and shown hesitating, complaining, or diminished. The poem links human feeling and nature: both can be petty, vulnerable, and stripped of dignity. Its compact observations turn everyday weather into a quietly ironic reflection on loss, pride, and shared fragility.
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