This line shows the unfulfilled dreams of African Americans can lead to frustration that could lead to explosive behavior. Him pointing this out brings attention to the root cause; being the historical systematic oppression, rather than the individuals character in general.

At the end of the poem, Dickinson says “the windows failed - and then I could not see to see”, she is referring to closing her eyes when she died. With the use of personification, she is able to compare the windows ‘failing’, to closing her eyes when she died.