To Lose One’s Faith Surpass
poem 377
To Lose One’s Faith Surpass - meaning Summary
Faith's Irreplaceable Loss
This short lyric argues that losing faith is a graver loss than losing material wealth. Dickinson suggests estates can be restored but belief, given with life, is unique and fragile. A single doubt or rupture can erase that inner resource and reduce existence to spiritual poverty. The poem frames faith as an irreplaceable inheritance whose loss fundamentally diminishes being.
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