Question

Why does not the poet know about sunset in the poem 'A Day'?

Answer 1

Answer:

I do not know about that

Answer 2

The poem, "A Day", by Emily Dickinson is a metaphorical musing of life and death.

• It is written from the point of view of an innocent young child
• The poem begins with an optimistic description of a sunrise, with the child's awe clear and apparent
• As the poem flows onward, the child becomes less sure of himself and only surmises what a sunset might look like
• This serves as a metaphor for life and death; Life is joyous, and exciting, and we live and know of it. Death; however, is compared to an unknown sunset
• Since the child represents humanity as a whole, Dickinson writes that we no next to nothing about death, and it is akin to a not known sunset

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