Analysis Of The Cave By Emily Dickinson

Dickinson writes about transfer of power through royalty, and how it flows silently. She expresses the theme “peaceful ignorance” through the line “Safe in their Alabaster Chambers -.” While the dead lie there in their own tomb carvings they are safe by the blockage of their peaceful ignorance. She describes the dead in their chambers, unaware of the events that have followed their deaths. They know nothing that is being taken place outside of their tombs and lack the knowledge of who holds power in their place. In a similar matter, the dead are “Untouched by Morning - / And untouched by noon -” which shows that they are not conscious of the ages postmortem. She symbolizes Jesus’ promise through the line “Sleep the Meek Members of Resurrection.”