To Die Takes Just a Little While
To Die Takes Just a Little While - meaning Summary
Death as Brief Transition
The poem presents death as a brief, gentle transition rather than a violent end. Dickinson suggests dying is a fading, painless process and that mourning is a short social ritual — a darker ribbon, a crape — after which ordinary life and sunshine help people forget. The speaker imagines the departed as an almost mystical being who left peacefully, implying love and weariness shape both departure and those who remain.
Read Complete AnalysesTo die takes just a little while They say it doesn’t hurt It’s only fainter by degrees And then it’s out of sight A darker Ribbon for a Day A Crape upon the Hat And then the pretty sunshine comes And helps us to forget The absent mystic creature That but for love of us Had gone to sleep that soundest time Without the weariness
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