The Sun Is Gay or Stark
poem 878
The Sun Is Gay or Stark - meaning Summary
Nature Mirrors Human Deeds
The poem presents the sun’s appearance as contingent on human action and feeling. Its cheerfulness or austerity seems to follow our deeds; brightness that might be joyful instead emphasizes human burden. Dickinson suggests that nature’s radiance does not simply console: when it is overly splendid it amplifies our freight and may feel inappropriate in the face of loss. The sun thus reflects and intensifies human moral and emotional states.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Sun is gay or stark According to our Deed. If Merry, He is merrier If eager for the Dead Or an expended Day He helped to make too bright His mighty pleasure suits Us not It magnifies our Freight
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