Emily Dickinson's Poems

Emily Dickinson Essay In all four of the poems there is a common connection which is faith. In Emily Dickinson's poems the author’s project was to show that people should have faith by expressing how both science and faith are important, by knowing faith can’t be seen, by believing in something she has never seen, and by knowing everything happens for a reason. These are the topics that are expressed in each poem. In the poem “Faith is a fine invention” Dickinson refers to how faith and science could work together. In the poem it states “Faith” is a fine invention, For gentlemen who see!”. These two lines from the poem mean that faith is important for people who believe in it. This shows that faith is important because it is a way for
In the poem it states “I know that He exists, Somewhere in silence” This line means that Dickinson knows that god exists even though she doesn’t know where. In the poem it states “Tis an instant’s play, Tis a fond ambush”. This line means that looking for god could be a fun game. In the poem it states “But should the play, Prove piercing earnest, Would not the fun, Look too expensive” These lines mean that if the game gets more dangerous than would the fun be dangerous. The poem means that Dickinson knows that god exists and looking for him may be a game. But then she acknowledges that possibly looking for god may be dangerous and more serious than just a game. Dickinson expresses that people are not meant to see god because they are supposed to have faith without
In the poem it states “Apparently with no surprise, To any happy flower, The frost beheads it at its play, In accidental power” This line means that the flower is not scared to die and knows that it is going to die because it is meant too. In the poem it states “The sun proceeds unmoved , To measure off another day, For an approving god”. This evidence shows that everything that happened that day happened for a reason. The frost killed the flowers, the sun proceeds, and god approves. This shows that everything that happened that day happened for a reason and god