The other day I thought I'd read some Emily Dickinson. I was feeling interested in non-conformity and thought she could give me some advice. First I read "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church". In this poem, it seemed like Dickinson was isolated from everyone else. She said she kept the Sabbath in a different way. She seemed happy doing this, though. She said that she kept the sabbath in her orchard, in nature. Theere were bobolinks singing as her choristers. Dickinson said that she was "going to heaven all along". I wonder if that means that nature is her heaven, and she is always in it. This poem also has a lot of metaphors--like the orchard as her chapel, the boblink as her chorister, etc.
the whole poem is obviously about the bobolink. your'e over analyzing bro.
ReplyDeleteno...I agree with 19th century nerds. It represents Dickinson's isolation, and how she was happy with non-conforming. This happens a lot today also.
ReplyDeletethis stuff is so old I don't understand why its being discussed today.
ReplyDeleteI can't name any specifically, but I think there are a lot of people today who are like Dickinson in this poem - they don't conform to society and enjoy it. We can all learn from this poem, even though it was written over 100 years ago.
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I think Dickinson is also trying to say that people find comfort in different ways. Some of us today, go to a religious service while others choose different ways to express their spirituality. In Today's society we all do things differently and Dickinson is showing that that is acceptable.
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