Poetry by Emily Dickinson

Poetry by Emily Dickinson
    
      I always enjoy reading poetry. Some of the poems by Emily Dickinson were very short while others had many stanzas. Many of them had no titles also. It seemed like Emily Dickinson really enjoyed writing poetry, but was never really noticed until after her death when her poetry was uncovered. That may have been why so many poems were without titles. I picked three poems that I enjoyed for this discussion.

     One of the poems that I liked was number 67. A good title may have been Success for this poem. I felt like the poem discussed the aspect of the things one could learn from war.  Success is discussed in the beginning of the poem which turns to description of a “war-like” time. Those who consider themselves the winner don’t always win. There is a deeper meaning of success.

     Another poem that drew my attention was poem number 441. A good title may have been My Letter to the World. This poem seems to describe the lonely feeling that Emily Dickinson may have felt. This seems like a sad poem to me as well. It sounds like the character may have died in the poem. It seems many of her poems discuss death.

    The last poem I choose is another one that mentions death. A good title for poem 712 may have been Death Waits for No One. I thought the first line was really clever.  Even though one may prepare, no one is ever ready for death.

     It does appear that Emily Dickinson may have been lonely and talked about death a lot in her poetry as she became a hermit later into her life. She withdrew from society and may not have felt accepted. Her bio mentions that many of the love poems were written for her sister-in-law.