They Leave Us with the Infinite
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They Leave Us with the Infinite - meaning Summary
Comfort in Vastness
Dickinson frames the Infinite as a powerful, non-human presence whose enormous scale is made tangible through paradoxical images of fists and hands. The poem shifts from cosmic description to intimate counsel: trust this vast power as a companion. Addressing a "Comrade," the speaker links interpersonal loyalty with faith in eternity, suggesting that eternity is both spacious and immediate when belief is sincere.
Read Complete AnalysesThey leave us with the Infinite. But He is not a man His fingers are the size of fists His fists, the size of men And whom he foundeth, with his Arm As Himmaleh, shall stand Gibraltar’s Everlasting Shoe Poised lightly on his Hand, So trust him, Comrade You for you, and I, for you and me Eternity is ample, And quick enough, if true.
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