When Night Is Almost Done
poem 347
When Night Is Almost Done - meaning Summary
Dawn's Gentle Readiness
The poem depicts the moment just before dawn as a domestic, almost playful transition from fear to calm. The speaker imagines preparing for sunrise—smoothing hair and readying dimples—as if dressing for a new day. Night and its fright are reduced to a brief, fading memory. The tone is intimate and light, reframing darkness as something brief and manageable in the face of approaching morning.
Read Complete AnalysesWhen Night is almost done And Sunrise grows so near That we can touch the Spaces It’s time to smooth the Hair And get the Dimples ready And wonder we could care For that old faded Midnight That frightened but an Hour
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