Emily Dickinson poems in review

In this reading assingment we had to read a section entirely devoted to Emily dickinson, the summary of her life was by far the longest one i have had to read since starting this class, even the summarys of the blues writers was nothing in comparison to Emily Dickinson. No one had seen her writing style then, and even now people dare not touch that style of writing, so well did she use it.

In almost all of her poems she has a reference to god, which further gives the reader the knowledge that though Emily dickinson didnt go out much, and didnt have much communincation, God was a very large part of her life, and one she based most of her lifes works on. You get the sense that god, in her life, was extremly instrumental.



The poem i found most appealing was " Those- Dying then"

in the poem you get the sense that she is talkign about believers in god, and them being in the minority "Knew where they went" So even though they were not wanted in places while they were alive they knew that because of their faith they would be going to a good place by the side of god "They went to gods right hand, The hand is amputated now" Which further gives me the idea that she thought of a world where most people shunned the idea of God "And god Cannot be found" So then even though these people believe in god they cannot find the correct religion or they no longer feel god is behind them, watching over them.

"The Abdicatioon of belief Makes the behavior small, Better Ignis Fatuus Than no Illume at all" So she is saying that even though they cannot feel the presence of god anymore, its better to do as god would like, because atleast you THINK you will ge given to the right hand of god, then life is worth living, because if you do not think there is anything after death, then whats the point? Better to belive than to not. This is actully something i can relate to, because i have someone in my life who does not believe in god and is terrified of the thought of death, while i myself, NOT a big fan of the idea of dieing, and i do enjoy living life, and would rather live. Know that atleast when i die, there is something else afterwards that isnt so bad.



I found this poem Appealing because out of all of them, this poem i was able to relate to in some sort of way, and also it made alot of sense to me while the others just seemed like words put together. The other factor of my liking this poem was ofcourse its length. Its short, sweet and to the point.

~Squiggles out!