The personification of nature that Dickinson employs in this poem is simply beautiful. As always, she uses a few words to articulate so much and does it so well. It's so easy to visualize in one's mind's eye the scene that she is describing. And then with the last few words, Dickinson brings home the true point of the piece with the comparison of nature to humanity. Click Here to Download this Program Program CreditsAnnouncer: Thomas LamarNarrator: Nicole RodriguesComposer: Kevin DuncanSound Design & Mixing: Andrew RiffenburghPhotography: Scott OgleProducer/Director: J.D. Sutter Sound effects credit: creative commons sfx contributor, Dominic Smith Analysis of "The Sky Is Low, The Clouds Are Mean" Entry on Wikipedia for Emily DickinsonBio of Dickinson on Poets.org Emily Dickinson Museum in Maryland Emily Dickinson, circa 1846 image credit: Amherst College Library; retrieved from poets.org "The Sky Is Low, The Clouds Are Mean" by Emily DickinsonThe sky is low, the clouds are mean, A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or through a rut Debates if it will go. A narrow wind complains all day How some one treated him; Nature, like us, is sometimes caught Without her diadem.