PRESENTIMENT is that long shadow on the lawn
Indicative that suns go down;
The notice to the startled grass
That darkness is about to pass.
Presentiment is that long shadow
Summary
"Presentiment is that long shadow" is a four-line poem by Emily Dickinson that turns an ordinary evening into a quiet warning. A shadow stretches across the lawn, and the startled grass senses that darkness is about to pass over it. In just twenty-three words, Dickinson captures the uneasy moment before something changes, when the light is still present but the feeling of loss has already arrived. A brief, haunting read that lingers well after the last line.
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