‘Twas comfort in her Dying Room
To hear the living Clock —
A short relief to have the wind
Walk boldly up and knock —
Diversion from the Dying Theme
To hear the children play —
But wrong the more
That these could live
And this of ours must die.
‘Twas comfort in her Dying Room
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem ‘Twas comfort in her Dying Room
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I have always loved Emily Dickinson….and I have always loved this poem for its simplicity. I mean, it makes sense to me, the comfort one would get from hearing certain sounds, yet how unfair it would seem that they can go on and yet you cannot for long.