How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind (5–6)
Poetry helps make sense of all kinds of things in our world, including scary things. Sometimes it can be like the kind explanation Dickinson writes about in line 6.
Quote #5
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind—(7–8)
It's our job at Shmoop to make sure a poem doesn't lose you. We think that's what these final lines might hint at, too. A good poem pieces out its brilliance bit by bit so the reader won't be blind to its larger message. If a reader can put the pieces together, he or she will be able to discover the poem's truth (or—let's be honest, poetry isn't always cut and dried—truths).