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In the fourth stanza, what does "unbraiding in the sun" mean? Emily Dickinson

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The image of a whip unbraiding is a kind of unraveling mess, a once-unified whole coming apart. In this moment, the speaker is describing a mistaken perception.
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The snake was uncoiling itself

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