As time has progressed throughout this course, I have found that I enjoy the work of Emily Dickinson more so than that of Whitman and Emerson. I find that her poetry has a certain structure, the has a meaningful correlation to that of her life. Unlike Whitman and Emerson, she structures her work into a much easier structure that allows the reader to comprehend and gain somewhat of an understanding to her world.
There are several poems throughout 900-1200 that I thought were very interesting. One of them being 903. This poem states,
“I hide myself within my flower,
That fading from your Vase,
You, unsuspecting, feel for me-
Almost a loneliness.”
I find that this poem is interesting to open up the reading with because it clearly states a higher power that Dickinson is hiding from. She is able to emphasize how she hides herself within a flower that has yet to bloom inside another persons vase. I found this to mean that someone else is supplying her with the type of source she needs to survive. The source coming from the vase “unsuspectingly” feels for the flower she hides herself in, feeling a type of loneliness. It seems as if there is an absence and a void within her life.
Also, another poem that I felt was very interesting within the assignment would have to be 931. The following lines state:
“Noon- is the Hinge of Day-
Evening- the Tissue Door-
Morning- the East compelling the sill
Till all the World is ajar-”
One thing that I found interesting about this poem would have to be the structure. It is interesting how Dickinson opens up with Noon rather than the morning which follows the normally accepted progression of the day. By opening up with noon, the out of ordered-ness, shows that there is a structure, without there being a structure.
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