Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.
Part Four: Time and Eternity
SWEET hours have perished here;
This is a mighty room;
Within its precincts hopes have played,—
Now shadows in the tomb.
interpretation:
I see this poem as describing a tomb. The first line
states that this person's great moments in life end
here. It is a "mighty room" because of the meaning it
holds within it, it is that persons whole being.
WIthin it the hopes of this person have died, their
hopes are now just memories.
-Comments by Veronica Vallejo
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