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"Heaven" has different Signs—to me
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"Heaven" has different Signs—to me—
Sometimes, I think that Noon
Is but a symbol of the Place—
And when again, at Dawn,
A mighty look runs round the World
And settles in the Hills—
An Awe if it should be like that
Upon the Ignorance steals—
The Orchard, when the Sun is on—
The Triumph of the Birds
When they together Victory make—
Some Carnivals of Clouds—
The Rapture of a finished Day—
Returning to the West—
All these—remind us of the place
That Men call "paradise"—
Itself be fairer—we suppose—
But how Ourself, shall be
Adorned, for a Superior Grace—
Not yet, our eyes can see—
Emily Dickinson
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Elijah Amores
(7/8/2009 9:58:00 PM) |
nice poem...pls check out my poems guys..thanks!
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Michael Pruchnicki
(7/8/2009 2:00:00 PM) |
Confusion abounds when a reader decides that he has comprehended the 'message' of a poem, as some have done today! 'An inferior picture of Heaven' does not seem to me to be relevant in any way to HEAVEN HAS DIFFERENT SIGNS - TO ME by the spinster of Amherst, Emily Dickinson! Perhaps her terse and aphoristic style confuses those who hanker after simpler verse designed for logical thinkers, I don't know, but the very terseness appeals to some who understand the tentative nature of the poet's love of nature. Emily never thought that she understood the beatific vision in all its splendor as the poem makes clear. A 'sign' is a signal, a brief glimpse of what other men call by the name of 'paradise'! We by our very nature can only take delight in those 'signs' - the sunny orchard, the chirping singing birds, clouds like carnivals that delight the innocent viewer - we can see but darkly the spendor of creation!
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Kevin Straw
(7/8/2009 5:42:00 AM) |
It's interesting that one can enjoy poems like these, even if one does not agree with the 'message'. That nature is an inferior picture of Heaven leads to the conclusion that man's nature itself is degraded in some way, and that is debatable, but the poetry remains fine.
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Michael Harmon
(7/8/2009 12:36:00 AM) |
From dawn to dusk, aspects of the physical 'Heaven' seen by the poet remind her of that spiritual 'Heaven' she will one day see?
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Adam Sobh
(4/10/2009 11:49:00 AM) |
I'm doing a project on Emily Dickinson for my 11th grade American Literature class, and i need to find a poem by Miss Emily Dickinson and then analyze it, i chose this poem, but i don't really understand it, so if anybody could please explain it to me and help me to better understand it, i would be extremely grateful.
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Babette Wilson
(7/8/2005 9:12:00 AM) |
Why don't I get the' poem of thr day' in my e-mail anymore?
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