The Last Night She Came Poem Analysis

The Last Night She Lived which is a poem by Emily Dickinson, depicts the death of an old woman in a hospital. The story exposes the perspective of caretakers, or the possible relatives of the woman, as they bemoan her inevitable loss it is explained that they understand that her room will be another room of another patient who could outlast her faith, they explain thier envy, and sadness of the situation. Her life is even compared to to a reed, which is a delicate branch leaning against a river. 

“Then lightly as a Reed, bent to the water, struggled scarce— and was dead.”

In the final lines 27-28: “And then an awful leisure was belief to regulate—“  can suggest the guilty relief which has resided amongst the group. Or the awful leisure symbolizes the mourning process, while regulate means faith, and that the group is trying to cope with the death in a positive way.