He fumbles at your Soul (315) by Emily Dickinson
He fumbles at your Soul (315) by Emily Dickinson

He fumbles at your Soul (315)

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He fumbles at your Soul (315) by Emily Dickinson

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This poem presents a terrifying image of a powerful male God, who seems to deliver violence rather than comfort. The poem is full of verbs that suggest assault and maybe even rape in the process of preparing a soul for death.

The poem has been interpreted as representing the Rev. Charles Wadsworth...

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He fumbles at your Soul (315) Annotated

He fumbles at your Soul
As Players at the Keys
Before they drop full Music on—
He stuns you by degrees—
Prepares your brittle Nature
For the Ethereal Blow
By fainter Hammers—further heard—
Then nearer—Then so slow
Your Breath has time to straighten—
Your Brain—to bubble Cool—
Deals—One—imperial Thunderbolt—
That scalps your naked Soul—

When Winds take Forests in the Paws—
The Universe—is still—

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