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  • Emily Dickinson

    1327 The Symptom of the Gale

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1327 The Symptom of the Gale songtekst

The Symptom of the Gale —
The Second of Dismay —
Between its Rumor and its Face —
Is almost Revelry —
 
The Houses firmer root —
The Heavens cannot be found —
The Upper Surfaces of things
Take covert in the Ground —
 
The Mem'ry of the Sun
Not Any can recall —
Although by Nature's sterling Watch
So scant an interval —
 
And when the Noise is caught
And Nature looks around —
"We dreamed it"? She interrogates —
"Good Morning" — We propound?
 

 

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Hubert ClolusHubert Clolus    Woe, 23/02/2022 - 21:34

Poem 1327 F1328 ‘The Symptom of the Gale’
Emily seems to describe the second before the gale comes (lines 1-12) and the
aftermath of the gale (lines 13-16). The second before the actuality ‘is almost
Revelry’ or ‘ecstasy’ (a variant) for humans, while ‘Houses firmer root,’ everything
takes cover, and no one can remember the so recent sun.
But when the ‘Noise [of the gale] is caught’ and extinguished, and Nature seems
to ask ‘Was there a gale or did we dream it?’ do we then say ‘Good Morning’ to each
other as though nothing had happened?