![]() The moment it encounters a “Splinter,” there can be a cataclysmic shift in its activities the train of thoughts is derailed, and it can no longer go back to focusing on a single predetermined destination or path. She recourses to the biological image of the grooved brain because it is often used interchangeably with the mind. ![]() Her use of the word “Brain” means “a train of thoughts” or simply the human mind. It is a short poem with multiple layers of meanings as Dickinson plays with the expectations of her readers. If a person fails to control the raging current induced by the impulse, it can scoop the “Turnpike,” another form of mental defense, and trod out the symbolic “Mills” where thoughts are processed. Dickinson uses the word “Splinter” as a metaphor for a change or an impulse that can influence one’s mind. ![]() However, a tiny “Splinter” can derail the “Brain” from its course and open the floodgates of various thoughts, including the painful and raging ones. It “runs evenly” and “true” when it is focused on its desired path. “The Brain, within its Groove”, at first glance, seems to say that the “Brain” is initially focused on a single train of thoughts. ![]()
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