狄金森的空白

#761

From Blank to Blank­
A Threadless Way
I pushed Mechanic feet —
To stop — or perish — or advance­
Alike indifferent —

If end I gained
It ends beyond
Indefinite disclosed —
I shut my eyes — and groped as well
'Twas lighter — to be Blind —

狄金森的空白常是和极度痛苦相联的，比如她的另一首诗 Pain has an Element of Blank . Harold Bloom 在他的西方正典 (The Western Canon) 里特别提到狄金森的这首“空白”：I had thought of brooding on Dickinson's blanks as well, but I retreated before their formidable intensity. Bloom强调了狄金森的认知原创性(cognitive originality)和陌生性(strangeness)，比如最后一句实现了反转，一种反讽(irony)的惊奇，definitely ends beyond the poem，让读者深思。

下面ModPo视频里Al觉得这是首meta-poem，空白是创作过程中所面对的一页页白纸，那第二段开始是不是在说“言有尽而意无穷”？最后还是闭上眼睛，到灵魂里去探索，生命才会更轻灵。。。