No Autumn's intercepting Chill
No Autumn's intercepting Chill Appalls this Tropic Breast -- But African Exuberance And Asiatic rest.
Emily Dickinson
No Autumn's intercepting Chill Appalls this Tropic Breast -- But African Exuberance And Asiatic rest.
In these four lines, Dickinson’s speaker tells us what truly unsettles her. Autumn’s intercepting chill — the cold that halts growth — doesn’t appall her “Tropic Breast,” a phrase that hints at a naturally warm, receptive temperament. She is not someone who dreads the approach of death or dormancy.
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