The Wind – tapped like a tired Man – Summary & Analysis
by Emily Dickinson

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"The Wind – tapped like a tired Man" is Emily Dickinson's tale of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. When the poem's speaker treats a wind tapping at the door as an honored guest, they're rewarded with a vision of nature's eerie beauty—and with a gust of creative inspiration. This poem, like most of Dickinson's work, was only published after Dickinson's death, first appearing in the posthumous collection Poems (1891).

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