Theme Of Human Mind By Emily Dickinson

Firstly, readers decide on which of Emily Dickinson’s poems present human understanding as boundless and unlimited. Of course, for most this is all speculation, but this is one of Dickinson’s most prevalent poem that seems to present human understanding as boundless and unlimited. One example is, The Brain Is Wider Than The Sky is a poem that embodies this view of human understanding as boundless and unlimited. This poem’s main focus is the power and strength of the human brain or mind. This line from the text is a perfect representation of human understanding as boundless and unlimited, “The Brain-is wider than the Sky-...The one the other will contain”(Stanza 1, Line 1,3). These lines state the the brain or rather the mind is greater in size than the sky. It is saying

Dickinson’s tone seems to portray suffering throughout the beginning of her poems, but gradually develops into a more hopeful and optimistic attitude

The last two lines of the poem are a timid reflection on what might happen “Had I the Art to stun myself/ With Bolts—of Melody!” (23-24). The idea that creation is a power that can get loose and injure even the creator illuminates why in this poem the artist positions herself firmly as a mere spectator. In these first two poems, we meet a Dickinson who is not entirely familiar to us—even though we are accustomed to her strong desire for privacy, these poems can be startling in the way they reveal the intensity of Dickinson’s fears. She is, after all, shrinking from what is dearest to her—nature, one of her favorite subjects, becomes a harsh judge, and poetry, her favored medium of communication, can suddenly render the reader “impotent” and the writer “stun[ned]” (19, 23). The extremity of her positions in shrinking from the small and beautiful things she loves creates the sense that this is just the beginning of a journey by leaving so much room for change.

The Belle of Amherst, The Woman in White, or The Most Paradoxical of Poets…who can say which pseudonym is most becoming of the late great Emily Dickinson. By virtue of the multitudinous biographical literary works, moreover the wondrous intimacy of Dickinson’s poetry, one could surmise that as readers we comprehend her entirely: yet the most prevalent experience borne from reading Emily’s work, especially if her poems are read successively, is that we come away feeling as though we know nothing at all. Like no author before her and very few after her, Emily Dickinson divulges her hearts hidden secrets while recording what is inexorably one of the most conscientious explorations of the human consciousness ever attempted. Dickinson is known posthumously for her unusual use of form and syntax, but it was her pervasive themes of immortality, death, and madness in her poems that would canonize her as an indelible American character.

In 'Much Madness is divinest Sense' (435), a definition poem, Emily Dickinson criticizes society's inability to accept rebellion, arguing that the majority is the side that should in fact be considered 'mad.' The perception of madness and insanity are a common theme among Dickinson's poetry, as she fought against society's tainted view of herself as crazy. She focuses on how judgmental society is on non conformist views when she describes the majority as 'discerning' (line 2). As similar to most of her poetry, she writes in iambic meter and uses slant rhyme, as lines one, three, and seven end with 'Sense', 'Madness', 'dangerous', and lines six and eight, in 'sane' and 'Chain' in seemingly rhyme scheme. Dickinson credits the majority

Before all else, it is crucial to examine the format of each Dickinson poem; this would provide a reader with a baseline of what they should expect while reading and allows them to notice any outliers. Poems such as “I know that He exists” and “Apparently With No Surprise” offer more of a free-flowing structure, similar to a train of thought, in comparison to a more intransigent “‘Faith’ is Fine Invention” or “I Never Saw a Moor”. In the initial two poems, Dickinson is describing her thoughts and a scene in nature, not taking any breaths while doing so. In the latter poems, she shows a more harsh side, where lines are quick, and straight to the point. A particular line that shows urgency is found within “‘Faith is Fine invention”, where Dickinson writes, “But Microscopes are prudent, In an Emergency!”. Of

From its inevitable coming to its eternal existence, Dickinson explains her feelings and thoughts toward death in the full, "circumference" of its philosophy. As she edged towards the end of her life, Dickinson gave the world new poetic perspectives into the human mind and its dealing and avoidance of

The language present in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is at times unclear, sometimes ungrammatical and can be found to be disjunctive. Dickinson wrote in distinct brevity, irregular grammar, peculiar punctuation and hand picked diction. Her poems were written in a circular manner, where she took the reader to one place and them swept them back to the beginning always relating one metaphor to the next. Dickinson was an intimate person throughout her life, and her poems reflect that lifestyle. Like her poems, she was never quite figured out. Dickinson wrote not for the audience to understand but for her own self

Emily Dickinson was one of the most ambiguous authors of her time. Her poetry remains a mystery to so many readers and her lack of biographical information makes her writing even more intriguing. Dickinson spent most of her life away from society, therefore, very few people knew how she viewed the aspects of life, let alone knew what her writing meant. Her interpretations of concepts such as religion, nature, and death are often seen as contradicting and pinning one specific thesis on her views is difficult because she viewed many things with complexity. Among her poems, readers see a diversity in her perspectives. For example, she might write one poem about the beauties of nature and continue to write another poem about the dangers or

Emily Dickinson’s “The Soul selects her own Society-” is a poem that deals with love and heartbreak. The first line of the poem clearly sums up the meaning that the “soul” chooses which people to let into their life. The opening line represents the overall message of the poem and the rest of the poem elaborates on this line. Emily Dickinson’s “The Soul selects her own Society” is filled with dark and powerful images that represent the isolation that the soul wants to achieve.

Two of Dickinson’s universal techniques are metaphor and the fresh application of language; both techniques result in powerful images, and can be seen in two of her poems that focus on nature themes, “ A Bird came down the Walk” and “narrow Fellow.” She closes the poem, “ A Bird” with a stanza equating flight through the air with movement through water,

Emily Dickinson a modern romantic writer, whose poems considered imaginative and natural, but also dark as she uses death as the main theme many times in her writings. She made the death look natural and painless since she wanted the reader to look for what after death and not be stuck in that single moment. In her poems imagination play a big role as it sets the ground for everything to unfold in a magical way. The speakers in Dickinson’s poetry, are sharp-sighted observers who see the inescapable limitations of their societies as well as their imagined and imaginable escapes. To make the abstract tangible, to define meaning without confining it, to inhabit a house that never became a prison, Dickinson created in her writing a distinctively elliptical language for expressing what was possible but not yet realized. She turned increasingly to this style that came to define her writing. The poems are rich in aphorism and dense

The meaning and impact of Dickinson’s work hinges on her employment of a single personification which extends throughout “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”. The personification begins on the first line with “The Soul selects her own Society —”. A soul, on its own, is not something that can select anything, or even have a society. Since it is immaterial, it certainly cannot “shut the Door —” as is stated in line two. This personification continues with lines such as, “she notes the Chariots —”, “Upon her Mat —”, and “close the Valves of her attention —”. The personification of “The Soul” immediately makes the poem feel more intimate. The word “soul” infers a deeper, more authentic, and closely guarded part of oneself. By personifying a soul, having it perform actions and make decisions, it is communicated that the events of this poem are neither an intellectual nor surface level matter. The decision to select those with whom you will be close with, and subsequently shut others out, is one which is based highly on feeling, emotion, and deep personal desires. Dickinson’s decision to write “The Soul Selects Her Own Society” in the context of a soul rather than the whole person allows the reader to pick up on the intended intimacy and depth the poem intends.

“The relationship between the energies of the inquiring mind that an intelligent reader brings to the poem and the poem’s refusal to yield a single comprehensive interpretation enacts vividly the everlasting intercourse between the human mind, with its instinct to organise and harmonise, and the baffling powers of the universe about it.”

“But there is genius in their hatred, there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you” (Lines 23-24). In Charles Bukowski’s poem, “A Genius in the Crowd,” he speaks pessimistically about the human brain and disrespects the good that comes from it, yet does not hold back on describing its power. He uses dark, extreme examples to describe hidden truths in today 's society. In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “[The Brain—is wider than the Sky—],” she talks about the power of the human brain, complimenting and respecting it to things thought to be incomparable. Both Dickinson’s and Bukowski’s poems show the strength and power of the human mind, but their views on what the brain accomplishes are far from similar.