Certain Slant of light

"There's a certain Slant of light"

There's a certain Slant of light,

Winter Afternoons —

That oppresses, like the Heft

Of Cathedral Tunes —These lines are the opening stanza of a poem by Emily Dickinson titled "There's a certain Slant of light."

The poem describes the speaker's experience of a certain kind of light that she associates with winter afternoons. The phrase "That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes" suggests that this light has a heavy, oppressive quality, similar to the big sound of organ music in a cathedral.

The poem explores the emotional impact of this light and its effect on the speaker's mood. The poem's final lines suggest that this slant of light reminds the speaker of the approach of death and brings a sense of despair and sadness.

The poem can be interpreted as a reflection on the fleeting nature of life and the inevitability of mortality.

N E X T

Heavenly Hurt, it gives us —

We can find no scar,

But internal difference,

Where the Meanings, are —