According to legend, this poem was written in 1872. At this time, Dickinson was 42 years old and passed the golden age of her own creation. But it is precisely because the endless poems are gentle and gentle that the poet's brushwork is more calm and full of thinking. In the existing materials, 1872 seems to be blank. Only the relevant reference rooms 1870 and 1873 have visited Dickinson twice, but it is difficult to find information about Higginson. However, the sentiment of life embodied in this poem is not necessarily caused by an unexpected event. 42 years of life is like this.
This poem inherits Dickinson's concise poetic style, with four lines and two sentences, which means endless meanings. When you have had a happy experience, any pain will become particularly obvious and intense. Why are people numb? Because they live in a single emotion from birth to death, they are content with this life without any ups and downs, just like the life arranged in Brave New World. But once someone's feelings are touched, he realizes something different and unprecedented, and he can't stand the inherent "darkness" anymore.