Dickinson uses exact and metaphorical images to create a sense of death in this verse. The word "blue" in her writing "With Blue" can imply a coldness connected to death. This sentiment is further supported by the sentence "Between the light – and me –." The afterlife, or heaven, is traditionally represented by "the light." Dickinson creates the atmosphere of a disturbed death experience, in which an irritating object interrupts what should be a sacred moment. Death seems chaotic and unfinished as a result of this contrast, which heightens the scene's emotional effect. This stanza reinterprets the way that death is typically depicted. Dickinson portrays the transition as unclear, blocked, and unremarkable rather than a spiritual one. The poem challenges reassuring notions of what death has to provide by ending with blindness rather than clarity.