A Clock Stopped -- Not The Mantel's Comments

CONGRATS to the family of the late Emily Dickinson, this poem chosen as The Classic Poem of The Day. Hooray! Most deserving and sublimest! Thank you for sharing

FOUR: the ultimate lack of control over life's end. FIVE: The scientific language in the poem adds precision and objectivity to the concept of time, reflecting Dickinson's preoccupation with transience and mortality

THREE: Dickinson uses the metaphor of a broken Swiss-made clock to emphasize the fragility of human existence and

TWO: The poem suggests that death is an inevitable part of life, and time waits for no one.

ONE: This poem is about mortality and the fleeting nature of time..

Nods from the gilded pointers Nods from seconds slim Decades of arrogance between The dial life and him." Hats off to the flight of imagery of the great poetess.

clock- It will not stir for doctors, This pendulum of snow; ..../// beautiful poem

Into degreeless noon! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

Nods from the gilded pointers, Nods from seconds slim, Decades of arrogance between The dial life and him. good writings great 10+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

One of the best poems by Emily Dickinson.....

Nods from the gilded pointers, Nods from seconds slim, Decades of arrogance between The dial life and him. Great poem, enjoyed reading it.

With last two lines... The poem hit the top.

Decades of arrogance between The dial life and him....these lines say it all- wonderful-10

Time is such a fickle thing.....

........a wonderful write....enjoyed...

Awesome I like this poem

......seems as if she is speaking of someone passing away...a clock stopped...a heart stopped...a clock goes tick tock....a heart goes thump thump...both continuously until one stops...

I'm doing a project on Emily Dickinson for my 11th grade American Literature class, and i need to find a poem by Miss Emily Dickinson and then analyze it, i chose this poem, but i don't really understand it, so if anybody could please explain it to me and help me to better understand it, i would be extremely grateful.

The clock which is not the mantel's is the human heart

old clock louder than neighbour's new