Emily Dickinson's Poem 709

God gave us eyes, mouths, and a brain to use them. We use them to think, create, and write. However, Emily Dickson alludes to a travesty to the minds work through her poem “709”. A travesty that happens during publication. In Emily Dickinson’s poem “709”, she touches on three facts: God’s gift of knowledge has been given a price, publican is much like a slave auction, and though belongs to God therefore humans cannot put a price on it. These three facts add up to the fact that the act of publication is gothic. Dickinson’s poem is subtle gothic poem itself. Human thoughts are supposed to be for the everyone; to sell this Heavenly gift is a violent crime. Intellect and intelligence is should be passed down, paid forward. However, intelligence
has a price and only the few gain and the many lose. Emily Dickinson’s “709” is a gothic poem about a gothic act.