# Forever is composed of nows -- and latitude of home **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-is-composed-of-nows-and-latitude-of-home/803220 "2017-12-01T04:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-is-composed-of-nows-and-latitude-of-home/803220/1 "2017-12-01T04:58:46Z")
> [@Emily Dickinson](#): > > Forever – is composed of Nows – > ‘Tis not a different time – > Except for Infiniteness – > And Latitude of Home – “Forever – is composed of nows,” is nice, understated brilliance. “Latitude of Home,” da hell? What’s that even mean? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-is-composed-of-nows-and-latitude-of-home/803220/2 "2017-12-01T05:11:36Z")
latitude 2. scope for freedom of action or thought So “latitude of home” means that home is the place where you have the freedom to be who you are and think what you want. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forever-is-composed-of-nows-and-latitude-of-home/803220/3 "2017-12-01T16:15:12Z")
Aha, that makes sense. So, is Dickinson saying that “forever” has that latitude, where “now” doesn’t?