Emily Dickinson is said to be a sort of recluse. But personally I think she was just high on life, so to speak. Through a couple of poems of hers that I have read, she seems to be quite content with being her own biggest fan and loving nature and God. In her poem numbered, “249,” she writes of her true love being God; of course, everyone interprets each of these examples I am about to give differently.
“…To a Heart in port—
Done with the Compass—
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden—
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor—Tonight—
In Thee!”
She is obviously looking for love- maybe not her true love, but some sort of love. However, she has given up looking, “Done with the Compass, Done with the Chart!” but if one was to look closely, they would notice that the capital “T” in the word, “Thee.” This gives the impression that she has found her love in God, and that tonight- each night rather- she will be spending her time with Him.
The second poem makes the speaker, or Emily Dickinson, seem to be drunk. But on what though?
“I taste the liquor never brewed—
…Inebriate of Air—am I—“
This is very deep in my opinion. She is drunk off of air? No, my friend; she is drunk off of life! The liquor which was “never brewed,” and her being “Inebriate of Air” leads the reader to think she is in love with nature, and that it is her own brand of heroine.
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After reading about her personal life in the beginning of her stories you find out she is single and was never married. Even those who she felt were close to her, Ben Newton and Reverend Charles Wadsworth, moved away and perused new lives. Many of her poems, to me preach upon here tiers of sadness and morn the fact that she has no one to confide in anymore. I believe this is why she refers to death many times in her poems not only to grab the reads attention but to describe the pain she feels. Loneliness is oh so very strong as she illustrates it in her poem "249". She refers to her heart at port and being done with the compass and the chart. To me this means she is waiting but that person has never shown.
ReplyDeleteTo me Emily Dickinson is very descriptive and wonderful with words when she is trying to help the reader feel as she does, but I would not read any of her poems again without being mentally prepared first.
As Cobb stated in his post Emily Dickson can be interpreted in many ways. In Cobb's 1st example it was stated that she was in love with God and she had found her. my interpretation of the poem was that she finally found someone she wanted to be with and that she no longer needs to search for that someone, and now she can cast away the charts and compasses and be with that person.and for the other example poem used i do believe that all she needs is nature to live and provide for her and be her alcohol.
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