Undue significance a starving man attaches
To food
Far off; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,
And therefore good.
Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves us
That spices fly
In the receipt. It was the distance
Was savory.
The Question and Answer section for Emily Dickinson’s Collected Poems is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Dickinson metaphors like the fly to represent physical death and she windows as the speaker's eyes.
Sorry, this is a short answer space. Your question is pretty detailed.
I suppose this poem alludes to Judeo-Christian culture.The loss in her life (death) and it presents an anti-puritan attitude towards God!
