Bobolink For God By Emily Dickinson
The depth of a thinker is never stronger than that of a hermit.A hermit is forced to imagine every wonder of the world, and create experiences where there are none. In short, a hermit is truly a thinker. Similarly, the late poet Emily Dickinson of Amherst Massachusetts, was a hermit, but more, she was a thinker, like nothing the world of her time had ever seen before. She was renowned for her groundbreaking use of the lack of rhythmic structure, and the hundreds of untitled poems found after her death. In her poem, commonly known as some keep the sabbath, dickenson addressed the her opinions on the Catholic Church, and society's need for a more personal relationship with god. Emily Dickinson uses literary devices to draw in her reader to the
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To begin, one of the first thing a reeder would notice about dickinson's poem some keep the sabbath, would be the witty and thought invoking word choice. For example, when the speaker says, “Bobolink for a Chorister--,” the reader may feel intrigued about such an odd comparison. Upon closer examination, it is clear that dickenson used this specific word choice to grab the reader's attention and implore them to think about what is being said. Saying that “her” chorister is a bobolink, not only grabs the reader's attention but it also is a part in her motif for the prom. Similarly, another example of diction that she use to further her motif can the found in the poem. In the poem, Dickinson writes, an “Orchard for a Dome--.” This use of diction directly addresses her theme of non parish based religion. From that example, through diction, she says that she does not need to be trapped in an architectural dome of a church to express her love for god, she can go to her orchard or anywhere in nature to find the comfort of prayer. The sounds of the diction she uses, and flow of her he writing are also tools that dickinson uses to draw her reader into her motif. Dickinson's use of structure and rhythm creates an almost hypnotic vibe to the poem and directs the reader towards her
To begin, one of the first thing a reeder would notice about dickinson's poem some keep the sabbath, would be the witty and thought invoking word choice. For example, when the speaker says, “Bobolink for a Chorister--,” the reader may feel intrigued about such an odd comparison. Upon closer examination, it is clear that dickenson used this specific word choice to grab the reader's attention and implore them to think about what is being said. Saying that “her” chorister is a bobolink, not only grabs the reader's attention but it also is a part in her motif for the prom. Similarly, another example of diction that she use to further her motif can the found in the poem. In the poem, Dickinson writes, an “Orchard for a Dome--.” This use of diction directly addresses her theme of non parish based religion. From that example, through diction, she says that she does not need to be trapped in an architectural dome of a church to express her love for god, she can go to her orchard or anywhere in nature to find the comfort of prayer. The sounds of the diction she uses, and flow of her he writing are also tools that dickinson uses to draw her reader into her motif. Dickinson's use of structure and rhythm creates an almost hypnotic vibe to the poem and directs the reader towards her