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[almostfamous87]

we have so many things going for us it seems almost like a dream to me, but when i kiss you it brings me back to reality and makes me remember that the best part about what we have is that it is all real. I love how we can talk about absolutely anything...

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i had that poem

[dabubzilla]

I had that poem in my class...and I had I never saw a moor...that monster gave everyone in my class 2 poems to write about simply because our class was half the size. but back to your poem.

first off the rhyme scheme changes in stanzas 2 and 5. in the other stanzas, the second and fourth lines all rhyme or exhibit slant rhyme. stanzas 2 and 5 lines 2 and 4 end, respectively, with by, me and away, me. these anomalies are made to draw attention to the two words that are used. it emphasizes that all the animals are passing by her and then leaving, not staying. this is one thing that causes the pain she is referring to. dickinson loved spring, and she loves it so intensely that it actually brings pain when it comes. a little weird, but those words were told to me by c van himself. so the robin hurts her because spring is coming. the pianos in the woods are just the sounds of the creatures which, to her, are as melodious as songs...like those played on a piano, hence the use of piano. they could "mangle her" because they, too signal the approaching spring and can cause pain. she can grow easily accustomed to the robin because he is merely one sign, but the many pianos of the woods can cause more pain because they are more powerful.

the yellow daffodil...i never understood that. the only think i can think of is that she always wore drab colors, yellow was too bright for her. the fashion would then be literal here, the daffodils' "yellow gown" would be a different fashion than the clothes that she wears.

another thing that causes her pain is that she desires such a close connection with nature, but, as evidenced by the passing animals, she lacks it. she is different from the daffodils, the animals pass her by, and she wishes to be connected with the grass, the grass is used as a synecdoche for all of nature (or metonymy, whichever device means one part to represent the whole)and her desire to be connected with nature, but she is unable to. at the moment it seems because she is taller than the grass, but her height disconnects her from it, she wants it to be taller than her so that it must connect to her, but this will not happen. that all sounds kinda vague, sorry.

calvary is a biblical allusion. it is the hill outside jerusalem upon which jesus was crucified. calvary is also a term meaning a great ordeal. this serves to intensify her pain with spring, the animals and plants come and that just makes it an incredible ordeal. very strange, yes.

the animals acknowledge her as they leave. i believe plumes here means A token of honor or achievement, the third definition at dictionary.com. something with the animals and nature bestows honor upon her, perhaps being able to experience it at all. but it is a childish honor, she admits, so it is immature and perhaps her pained reactions are extreme? bereaved acknowledgment, she feels left behind because the animals simply pass by her. the unthinking drums is an onomatopeia with drums to represent the hoof beats and unthinking shows that the animals are just doing what they have always done and that maybe they really dont care about her at all, another reason for her to be sad. the double dash, --, ending leaves it hanging, to show that she does not receive closure from any of the events of spring and that it leaves something to be desired. the animals have gone, she has pained for nothing maybe? and she is left all alone, waiting for more to come.

i didnt say all of that in my analysis, i wish i had because some of that stuff is a crazy idea. i said about half of that because i had a great deal of trouble finding interpretations, and i still got an a on it. if i didnt have c van and his crash course in analyzing poetry that he gives at the end of the year i wouldnt have been able to come up with some of that stuff just now, so dont knock c van. to use your words against you, you learn a lot. it sucks in the process but really helps in ap.

good luck with this. i would like to hear how it all goes.

Re: i had that poem

[almostfamous87]

u are my savior. I still don't understand why Dickinson would love spring so much. Is it just the season and everything about it that she loves? Why is it so important to her? Thanks so much.

Re: i had that poem

[dabubzilla]

you're welcome, and i'm not sure why dickinson had these emotions. always remember that she was one f-ed up woman and that nothing she did makes sense. have you guys watched that video of the one woman acting out her life yet?

Re: i had that poem

[almostfamous87]

yeah we did. her voice kind of annoyed me.