The Angle of a Landscape－1
That every time I wake－
Between my Curtain and the Wall
Upon an ample Crack－
Like a Venetian－waiting－5
Accosts my open eye－
Is just a Bough of Apples－
Held slanting, in the Sky－
The Pattern of a Chimney－9
The Forehead of a Hill－
Sometimes－a Vane's Forefinger－
But that's－Occasional－
The Seasons－shift－my Picture－13
Upon my Emerald Bough,
I wake－to find no－Emeralds－
Then－Diamonds－which the Snow
From Polar Caskets－fetched me－17
The Chimney－and the Hill－
And just the Steeple's finger－
These－never stir at all－
That every time I wake－
Between my Curtain and the Wall
Upon an ample Crack－
Like a Venetian－waiting－5
Accosts my open eye－
Is just a Bough of Apples－
Held slanting, in the Sky－
The Pattern of a Chimney－9
The Forehead of a Hill－
Sometimes－a Vane's Forefinger－
But that's－Occasional－
The Seasons－shift－my Picture－13
Upon my Emerald Bough,
I wake－to find no－Emeralds－
Then－Diamonds－which the Snow
From Polar Caskets－fetched me－17
The Chimney－and the Hill－
And just the Steeple's finger－
These－never stir at all－
(F.578/J.375)
[1–3] Landscape, Between, Curtain, Wall:: a window.
[4] an ample Crack:: the window itself is a wide crack on the wall.
[5] Venetian:: a Venetian window; Venetial blind.
[9–12] Chimney, Hill:: views outside her window.
[13] shift my Picture:: change the window view.
[15] find no Emeralds:: green in summer and white in winter.
[16] Diamonds:: icicles.
[17–19] Polar Caskets:: the view of things covering with snow in her window as if fetched from the polar region.
[20] never stir:: a hint to solve the riddle, picture changed in the window but the window was never stirred.
