The poem is a reminder of the novels of Charles Dickent and...
Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem. In its original (and unique) form, it presents her irregular capitalizations and dashes:
A Door just opened on a street —
I — lost — was passing by —
An instant's Width of Warmth disclosed —
And Wealth — and Company.
The Door as sudden shut — And I —
Lost doubly — but by contrast — most —
Informing — Misery.
We may note that many, though by no means all of the nouns are capitalized. Moreover, she gave us fifteen dashes in her eight-line poem!
Perhaps more significant is the final adjective. Every source I checked indicated "informing" misery, although I strongly prefer your "enlightening"!
Again, gratitude. This poem is amazingly relevant at this point in our history.
Thank you Lenny. Yes I thought it very relevant to now.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem. In its original (and unique) form, it presents her irregular capitalizations and dashes:
A Door just opened on a street —
I — lost — was passing by —
An instant's Width of Warmth disclosed —
And Wealth — and Company.
The Door as sudden shut — And I —
I — lost — was passing by —
Lost doubly — but by contrast — most —
Informing — Misery.
We may note that many, though by no means all of the nouns are capitalized. Moreover, she gave us fifteen dashes in her eight-line poem!
Perhaps more significant is the final adjective. Every source I checked indicated "informing" misery, although I strongly prefer your "enlightening"!
Again, gratitude. This poem is amazingly relevant at this point in our history.
Thank you Lenny. Yes I thought it very relevant to now.