There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.

Emily Dickinson
There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That...
There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That...
There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That...
There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That...
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There’s a certain slant of light,On winter afternoons,That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes. The poet’s complaint here is about the oppressive nature of the light on winter afternoons. He wants to escape from the light that makes him feel “heavy” with depression, but the lines are so beautiful that he cannot help but read them over and over again.

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