Would You Like Summer? Taste of Ours
poem 691
Would You Like Summer? Taste of Ours - meaning Summary
Small Consolations Offered
The poem imagines a vendor offering packets of summer comforts as cures for various human conditions. Dickinson lists sensory, small-scale remedies—berries, violet estates, roses, flasks of air—sold like provisions for illness, weariness, captivity and even death. The tone is brisk, persuasive and slightly ironic, converting natural pleasures into commercial consolations while addressing an implied buyer and testing whether such simple gifts can suffice.
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