Twice Had Summer Her Fair Verdure
poem 846
Twice Had Summer Her Fair Verdure - meaning Summary
Seasons and Small Needs
Dickinson compresses a year’s cycles into a brief moral snapshot. The poem notes Summer, Winter, and two Autumns that provide abundance for squirrels, yet asks why Nature offers nothing for a single wandering bird. The speaker contrasts broad, recurring bounty with a small, unmet need, turning a natural calendar into a question about attention, care, and the uneven distribution of resources in the world.
Read Complete AnalysesTwice had Summer her fair Verdure Proffered to the Plain Twice a Winter’s silver Fracture On the Rivers been Two full Autumns for the Squirrel Bounteous prepared Nature, Had’st thou not a Berry For thy wandering Bird?
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