Poetry: As Imperceptibly As Grief

Question 1

Whys: 1

Answer 1

Dickinson uses the poem as a cathartic means to process and express her overwhelming feelings
of loss and grief.

Question 2

Whys: 2

Answer 2

Dickinson suggests that feelings of grief gradually soften and change over time, much like the
seasons inevitably lapse into one another

Question 3

Whys: 3

Answer 3

Dickinson suggests that loss is an irrevocable part of the natural process of life and human
experience, over which we have no control.