Analysis of a Poem
Its all I have to bring today (26)
By Emily Dickinson
It's all I have to bring today
This, and my heart beside
This, and my heart, and all the fields
And all the meadows wide
Be sure you count should I forget
Some one the sum could tell
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.
Emily Dickinson December 10, 1830 May 15, 1886 is a very well know American Poet. Know for her poems with recurring themes and writing style. Emily Dickinson wrote over 1700 poems and considered an avid letter writer. She fell into a life of seclusion in her family home in Amherst, Massachusetts, also known as the Homestead. The poems Ms. Dickinson wrote are reference to as poem numbers not titles. Let take a look at the poem above, Its all I have to bring today (26)and see which poetic devices and themes are used.
The rule of writing poetry is that there are no rules. However, there are definitions to follow for instants; some classmates believed this poem written in a modern tone and others thought it was written in a traditional sense. The modern style avoids rhyme and standard grammatical organization and seeks new ways of expression and the traditional style follows standard rules of grammar and syntax with a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme. While reading the poem aloud, a sense of rhythm is heard and as for the rhyming, some of the words do sound alike but lack the consistency.
The poem repeats this, and my heart which seems to equate to the theme of love. This love, unrequited possibly seems to surface in other works written by Emily Dickinson. Nature is also a major theme seen in her works. I the poem she speaks of fields, bees and meadow. In the class discussion, it seems that Ms Dickinson is giving her heart and apology. Equating the meadow to something large this could mean it was a rather large apology or she gave her heard with all that she had to give.
In Dickinson poems every word offers a clue and every hyphen is methodically placed. Leaving the reader wondering and questioning what the meaning is in every poem. Many have read and researched Dickinson works and have come up with many recurring themes. Some equate the love to some people in her life that she may have had possible romantic involvement. Dickinsons life was undocumented for the most part, so most of the accusations of romantic ties are from her letters poems. Her use of hyphens seems to equate to the modern day use of ellipsis She has so much meaning and the use of only fifty-one words for this poem leaves the reading pondering.
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