emily dickinson poem?

Question

Within my reach!
I could have touched!
I might have chanced that way!
Soft sauntered thro' the village --
Sauntered as soft away!
So unsuspected Violets
Within the meadows go --
Too late for striving fingers
That passed, an hour ago!

i need to illustrate an implied meaning of this poem.
can anyone find an implied meaning.. and if u can, please tell what would illustrate this meaning.
thanks

Answer 1

Emily Dickinson never married and lived with her sister in Amherst, Massachusetts. This poem seems to be about her sense of missed opportunity. The line:

I could have touched!
I might have chanced that way!

sets the tone of the poem...The violets, which remain in the field, might have been part of a bouquet, if someone had thought to pick them. Instead, they remain in the field:

Too late for striving fingers
That passed, an hour ago!

But I like to see this undercut by the image of Emily Dickinson herself, the Belle of Amherst, as she "Soft sauntered thro' the village--" Indifferent to whether she receives the violets or not.

Answer 2

I think the best illustration of this is would be a very simple explanation of lost opportunities. What might have been, could have been, should have been...etc. We all have those questions to some degree. Yes, I agree. It is indeed about possibilities that passed her by, but make no mistake, it was she who did the choosing to let it all pass by.

Answer 3

Nice one

Answer 4

She was too late for something, something has passed her by