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Fear from Small Things
The poem jokes about how ordinary night noises provoke disproportionate fear. It argues that the real causes of fright are sensory conditions—the hole in the ear admits the sound, and the absence of light lets imagination amplify it. The few quick lines compress this observation into a playful, wry remark on human tendency to turn small stimuli into larger worries when perception and visibility are reduced.
Read Complete AnalysesThings that go 'bump' in the night Should not really give one a fright. It's the hole in each ear That lets in the fear, That, and the absence of light!
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