I shall know why when time is over
"I shall know why, when time is over" is a short poem by Emily Dickinson that turns a private ache into a vision of heavenly instruction. The speaker imagines Christ explaining every separate anguish in a "fair schoolroom of the sky," where long-held questions finally fall quiet. Then comes a startling shift: awe at his suffering may dissolve the pain that scalds now. Two brief stanzas hold doubt, longing, and fragile consolation.
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