![]() ![]() ![]() Apparently, ED thinks a loving God would not let those children die so pointlessly. Why doesn’t an omniscient God know who’s sleeping in those small beds? …. What kind of God would doom a little girl to such pointless existence? Maybe that’s what ED wanted me to feel maybe that’s what ED felt after watching too many children die.į85…. The closing lines leave me feeling depressed. These comments on F84, F85, & F91 express my admiration for ED’s courage and honesty.į84…. Given 19th century fundamentalism in western Massachusetts and her family’s prominence in Amherst society, ED relied on ambiguity to avoid alienating parents, brother Austin, and possibly future poetry fans. ‘Some, too fragile for winter winds’, F91, continues ED’s theme of doubt about God’s benevolence, which she also expressed in F84, ‘On such a night, or such a night, and F85, ‘Whose are the little beds, I asked’. ![]()
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