There Is Another Sky
There Is Another Sky - fact Summary
Dedicated to Her Brother
This poem, dedicated to her brother Austin and first printed in 1890, offers a concise invitation into an inner, imaginative refuge. Dickinson contrasts an external world of fading forests and silent fields with a perpetual, serene "garden" and "sunshine" that escape winter and decay. Addressing Austin directly, the speaker proposes solace and companionship found in a private, unfading landscape where beauty and life persist. The poem frames imagination as a consoling alternative to loss and change, and it emphasizes intimacy through its direct address and simple, reassuring imagery.
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