elative certainty. This is where the philosophical reference and questioning begins to factor.The second stanza of the poem greatly supports the philosophical interpretation of the work. Perhaps the most complex and incomprehensible issues of philosophy are posed to the reader here. The relativity of human existence, human essence, universal truth, and spiritual belief are possible interpretations of Wilcox’s figurative conversation. For example, in stanza two, God replies to her curiosity by saying:“That was a dream,” God smiled and said: “A dream that seemed to be true.There were no people living or dead,There was no earth and sky overhead- There was only myself and you.”Philosophy and understanding reality could strongly have been intended for the reader. However, there lies a sense of religious commitment and faithfulness to God possibly being displayed. The philosophical aspect would point to spiritual uncertainty and skepticism of God. On the other hand, if intentions of spiritual faith and believed spiritual existence are meant, than the message implied is one of Buddhist like stature. Buddhism relies primarily on becoming one with you and God, leaving all outside distractions irrelevant. The final two stanzas are vastly more difficult to pinpoint a common grounds for meaning. The first two stanzas created a situation of belief and uncertain ponder, while the latter two almost appear to invoke complete contradiction. A sense of God conversing absolute self-praise is conveyed quite clearly. Wilcox creates an image of God looking down upon his creations and the foolish believed truths possessed. In taking another path of the content interpretation, one could deduce that this conversation is purely hypothetical and holds no spiritual meaning, other than that of which the author adopted. There are implications that could be viewed as the poem being one uncertain self-struggle to deter...
