If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
- In the beginning of the poem nothing is wrong quite yet - "If I can stop"- meaning if she can prevent one heart from breaking, as the poem progresses Dickinson talks of 'easing' and 'cooling' pain so there becomes an awareness that you can't stop a heart from breaking...to help a fainting robin unto his nest suggests helping someone get back to being themselves and catching them before they fall. She would like to be able to stop a heart from breaking - however equally feels just as purposeful by soothing someones broken heart...
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