The Sunrise Runs for Both
poem 710
The Sunrise Runs for Both - meaning Summary
Shared Light, Shared World
The poem describes natural cycles—sunrise, noon, night—as impartial, generous forces that serve both sides of the world. Through images of east, north, noon, and midnight, Dickinson presents light and darkness as shared provisions that bridge distance and difference. The closing image of both hemispheres held to a single bosom emphasizes unity and mutual care, suggesting that cosmic rhythms provide equal attention and comfort to all places and people.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Sunrise runs for Both The East Her Purple Troth Keeps with the Hill The Noon unwinds Her Blue Till One Breadth cover Two Remotest still Nor does the Night forget A Lamp for Each to set Wicks wide away The North Her blazing Sign Erects in Iodine Till Both can see The Midnight’s Dusky Arms Clasp Hemispheres, and Homes And so Upon Her Bosom One And One upon Her Hem Both lie
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