Emily Dickinson’s poems are very deep. It takes more than the usual once or twice over to pick up her intended message. When I first read the assignments from her, I was greatly unimpressed. I thought it was poor writing and confusing. However, once we started breaking down the poems in class, I realized how much she puts into each one. There was a deeper meaning behind every one and I was completely oblivious. I began to appreciate her writing much more.
In her poem “Success is counted sweetest”, she speaks of winning and losing. This poem relates well to the audience because everyone has had time of triumphs and times of defeat. She does a good job bringing the memories of these times out in the reader. In “Wild Nights”, she uses capitalization and punctuation to her advantage to express excitement and emphasize the energy of the poem. She speaks of wild nights or a good time with a friend but we know from her previous poems that her idea of a good time is just breathing in the free air and being around nature. She speaks of tasting “a liquor never brewed”, and being “inebriate of air” in her poem 214. This just shows she needs no outside force to enjoy life.
Mr. Jones hit the nail on the head when he said "It takes more than the usual once or twice over to pick up her intended message". I felt the same exact way when I was reading her poems to; it was so hard to understand what she was trying to say. In my opinion there is so many different ways to interpret her poems so that is why so many people have trouble. Once the reader figures out what she is trying to say then one can begin to better appreciate her poems. My favorite part about Mr. Jones’s post is how he noticed the Capitalization and punctuation that Emily put in her poem; it really shows how well he understood poem “67”.
ReplyDeletei feel the same way about how Jones and Foster stated about the once and twice over to even briefly understand Emily Dickson. I agree with many of Jones explanations about how Dickson only needs no outside force to bring her joy and happiness but in Wild Nights i believe that she wants companionship from a significant other or just a caring person to be with her when she feels alone or sad.
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