This World is not Conclusion

This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond --
Invisible, as Music --
But positive, as Sound --
It beckons, and it baffles --
Philosophy -- don't know --
And through a Riddle, at the last --
Sagacity, must go --
To guess it, puzzles scholars --
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown --
Faith slips -- and laughs, and rallies --
Blushes, if any see --
Plucks at a twig of Evidence --
And asks a Vane, the way --
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit --
Strong Hallelujahs roll --
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul --

 

Dickinson disscusses the idea of life after death through the use of metaphors and similies. Dickinson describes how humans have difficulty comprehending the idea that there is something left after death. The poet posits the notion that the contemplation of death and what lies beyond baffles even the most educated people and the annoyance of the thought of death can't be lessened no matter how hard one may try. We believe that the speaker believes in another world after humans pass on but the idea and mystery of the unknown confuses them.