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Two Travellers perishing in Snow
The Forests as they froze
Together heard them strengthening
Each other with the words
That Heaven if Heaven—must contain
What Either left behind
And then the cheer too solemn grew
For language, and the wind
Long steps across the features took
That Love had touched the Morn
With reverential Hyacinth—
The taleless Days went on
Till Mystery impatient drew
And those They left behind
Led absent, were procured of Heaven
As Those first furnished, said—
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No, actually that makes sense. Makes reading the poem more enjoyable to; good call.
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I disagree with what kyattaman and Diseased Mind states in their comments, I feel there is an ending, and the ending is the first line of the piece.
I feel the last verse tells you this, it correlates what it's speaking about. The two men died, she states that right off from the beginning, and it seems to me is that they were praying, as if they knew they were going to die, that since they were praying that probably they would be saved and not freeze to death but instead they both died, one presumably before the other.
In doing this their prayers were heard from the forest in which they died in and the 'wind' which is mentioned took their prayers up to the Heavens to grant them their request.
Perhaps my interpretation is far-fetched but that's my impression and I feel though it does have a saddened/somber read to it it does have a happy ending because their prayers were heard.
I don't feel the 'ending' is really an ending, I feel it's a continuance but not actually with words following.
A good piece that Dickinson has written here.
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I agree with kyattaman, this does end really abruptly. it's like she meant to finish it but didn't. this piece is really sad yet somehow happy because these people are going to find out the mysteries of heaven and everything.
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The poem ends rather abruptly and I keep thinking there must be something more to it. I see the beginning about the travelers perishing in the snow but I don't know how that lead to the end about Mystery and Heaven.
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