01 Each that we lose

The first two stanzas gives away the main theme of the poem. It’s a pretty straight forward thought, that Dickinson explores in other poems as well an goes like this: Someone who has never felt negative emotion, like defeat or thirst or hardship, cannot really comprehend and value the positive equivalent, like gain or thirst-quenching or the exploration of the heavenly unknown. And of course, Dickinson formulates this idea with a lot of charm. Just look at the first two lines: “Who never lost is unprepared a coronet to find”.

Link (Spotify)