DDCPoetry

Poem found here:   "Crumbling is not an instant's Act (1010)" More about the Poet:   Emily Dickinson Such a strong first line that makes a reader wonder, "Crumbling is not an instant's Act" where the speaker sets up a curiosity -- what is the physical visual case between crumbling/not crumbling.  The next three lines brings a curt matter of fact attitude: A fundamental pause Dilapidation's processes Are organized Decays -- The process of decay is an orderly manner -- a pause, dilapidation happens, good and organized.  Then the speaker brings this sort of objective view goes back to the self, "'Tis first a Cobweb on the soul."  And as the image of this crumbling soul going down to the most basic electron: A Cuticle of Dust A Borer in the Axis An Elemental Rust --  So the soul, this particle, is down to an "elemental" rust is gone.  Is it gone?  If not gone then what happens, "Ruin is formal -- Devil's work / Consecutive an...