The summary of the clock stopped by Emily Dickinson is the uses of a broken clock as a metaphor for death and the finality of mortality.
The poem of the clocked stop by Emily Dickinson describes a clock, whose hands have stopped moving, with the figures seemingly in pain.
And despite the attempts to repair it by clock makers and shopkeepers, the clock still remains still, which symbolizes that death is irreversible.
The poem the clock stopped also explores the idea that death is a cessation and cannot be undone and that even the most skilled individuals cannot restore life.
The clock stopped poem opens with the image of a clock which has ceased working and not just any clock, but a clock that is not on the mantelpiece, implying a larger and more significant clock.
The clock is a metaphor for human life, with it's figures representing people and the clock's hands symbolize the passage of time.
The poem also describes the attempts to fix the clock by a Geneva watchmaker and a shopkeeper but the efforts are futile.
The clocks inability to be repaired is what highlights the finality of death and the inability of humans to control death or reverse death.
The clock's indifference to attempts at repair are also represented by the cool concernless no of the clock's hands and emphasizes the impersonal nature of death.