Dust in the Eyes
Dust in the Eyes - meaning Summary
Preferring Truth Over Clever Talk
The poem presents a speaker who welcomes being blinded by dust if it will stop him from talking himself into false cleverness. He says he will not avoid evidence; if proof must come as an overwhelming, roof-fallen storm or blizzard of dust, he prefers to be silenced and halted rather than become prematurely wise or merely talkative. The compact voice values humility before undeniable experience, choosing radical interruption of speech and thought as a corrective to overconfidence.
Read Complete AnalysesIf, as they say, some dust thrown in my eyes Will keep my talk from getting overwise, I’m not the one for putting off the proof. Let it be overwhelming, off a roof And round a corner, blizzard snow for dust, And blind me to a standstill if it must.
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