Too Cold Is This
Too Cold Is This - meaning Summary
Resistance to Change and Warmth
The poem contrasts a hard, unyielding exterior with a small, hidden life within. Dickinson describes an object too cold and stiff to be warmed or reshaped, likening its surface to masonry and agate. Yet an "Agile Kernel" has exited its husk, leaving only a tiny mark. The images suggest resilience or loss: inner movement leaves little trace against an implacable outside, and vitality can be nearly invisible beneath hardness.
Read Complete AnalysesToo cold is this To warm with Sun – Too stiff to bended be, To joint this Agate were a work – Outstaring Masonry – How went the Agile Kernel out Contusion of the Husk Nor Rip, nor wrinkle indicate But just an Asterisk.
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