Under the Light, Yet Under
poem 949
Under the Light, Yet Under - meaning Summary
Distance from the Dead
Dickinson imagines an enormous separation between the living and the dead, mapped in opposites — under and over, near and impossibly far. Spatial images (grass, comet, bird) stretch beyond human reach to stress emotional and metaphysical distance. The poem ends with a yearning for a simple instrument to bridge that gap: a disc to span the immeasurable space between ourselves and those who have died.
Read Complete AnalysesUnder the Light, yet under, Under the Grass and the Dirt, Under the Beetle’s Cellar Under the Clover’s Root, Further than Arm could stretch Were it Giant long, Further than Sunshine could Were the Day Year long, Over the Light, yet over, Over the Arc of the Bird Over the Comet’s chimney Over the Cubit’s Head, Further than Guess can gallop Further than Riddle ride Oh for a Disc to the Distance Between Ourselves and the Dead!
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