Unto My Books So Good to Turn
poem 604
Unto My Books So Good to Turn - meaning Summary
Books as Refuge and Feast
Dickinson presents books as consoling companions that transform weary, painful days into refreshed, anticipatory time. Reading both sweetens delayed pleasures and enlivens solitude: the small library may stand remote like a wilderness, yet it rings with inner holiday. The speaker thanks these shelf-kins for brightening outlooks, kindling desire, and providing fulfillment. The poem treats reading as emotional sustenance and imaginative rescue from loneliness and fatigue.
Read Complete AnalysesUnto my Books so good to turn Far ends of tired Days It half endears the Abstinence And Pain is missed in Praise As Flavors cheer Retarded Guests With Banquettings to be So Spices stimulate the time Till my small Library It may be Wilderness without Far feet of failing Men But Holiday excludes the night And it is Bells within I thank these Kinsmen of the Shelf Their Countenances Kid Enamor in Prospective And satisfy obtained
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