Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
This poem from Emily Dickson is personally significant to me because I can connect to her visions of hope. She uses strong metaphors to explain her view and how she sees hope in her life, comparing hope to a bird. This allows me to open my eyes to recognize hope in a different perspective, while still seeing it's presence and it's importance. "I've heard it in the chillest land, and on the strangest sea." This quote, in particular, gives a comforting feeling knowing that hope is everywhere "and never stops at all". Hope is apart of my life everyday, while I wish or expect good things in the future. It is neat to see how others view hope in their personal life, and it inspires me to open my eyes to the many surroundings that offer hope. For example, a rainbow after the storm or the changing of the seasons.
Emily Dickinson - The Cricket Sang
The cricket sang,
And set the sun,
And workmen finished, one by one,
Their seam the day upon.
The low grass loaded with the dew,
The twilight stood as strangers do
With hat in hand, polite and new,
To stay as if, or go.
A vastness, as a neighbor, came,--
A wisdom without face or name,
A peace, as hemispheres at home,--
And so the night became.
This poem discusses the different aspects and visions of the night falling. This picture represents my favorite time of the night, "when the cricket sang and set the sun", because it come with beautiful images in the sky, along peaceful feelings and sounds of nature. This picture also represents the day coming to an end, when it is time to relax, rest, and enjoy yourself at home after a long day of work, "the workmen finished one by one."
Emily Dickinson - A Bird Came Down
A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.
And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass.
He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all abroad,--
They looked like frightened beads, I thought;
He stirred his velvet head
Like one in danger; cautious,
I offered him a crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home
Than oars divide the ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
Leap, splashless, as they swim.
The DIDLS in this poem are represented through diction, imagery, and detail. The colloquial diction used in this poem create an informal tone for the reader, using lines such as "and ate the fellow, raw" or "and then he drank a dew." Dickson's word choice in this poem are used to make the reading more conversational and less literal. In addition, she also uses lines in her poem, such as "unrolled his feathers" and "hopped sideways to the wall" to give the reader a vivid image of the bird's actions and how it effects the poem the altogether. The author's detail in the poem is used through words such as "velvet head" and "convenient grass", which also help convey the overall image of the poem to the reader.
1 comment:
In the poem by Emily Dickinson, "The Cricket Sang," that you selected the picture of the sun setting appropriately fit with the mood of the poem. As you stated this poem describes night fall and the events that take place as the sun sets. The picture you chose well represented the poem because the sun was the only light left and there was darkness all around. I also thought that the way you connected your emotions to the poem and the picture showed that you understand the essence of the poem and the idea that the speaker Emily Dickinson creates.
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