The text of the poem alternates ascending and descending tones. This confrontation, which is present in the poem even at the phonetic level, reflects the struggle of the north and the south. Thus, in the imagination there is a picture of the struggle of two tones, the struggle of dark and light colors (Parker 22).
Voiceless consonant sounds are associated with rustling, noise and dark tones: “sore must be the storm” (Dickinson 1). At the same time, the positive image of “chilliest land” is a metaphor which means the North struggling with the slave system. The vowel sound is associated with blue, green – these are the colors of light, joy and tranquility: “I’ve heard it in the chilliest land” (Dickinson 1). The poem is dominated by the vowel sound, the sibilant deaf consonant, the sonorous consonants.
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