Poem 1266 By Emily Dickinson: Figurative Language
Anna,
Hey! How have you been? Are you still in school? Are you still in a relationship? Are you still living in North Dakota? You kind of fell off any social media websites and even had your phone disconnected so I have no idea what you have been up to or even if you’re still alive. Just kidding, I know you still are; your sisters Facebook status’s confirms it. So, the reason why I am writing you this letter is because I wanted to know if you would be interested in learning about a certain type of figurative language usage in an Emily Dickinson poem. No? Well too bad. I have to tell you anyways.
The poem I pick was Emily Dickinson’s poem 1266. Before I get into the poem, do you know what paradox language is? In my critical approaches class, we have been talking about Brook’s argument about poetry and paradox. From what I understood in class, a paradox is a …show more content…
I think that the poem is saying that when you have had a long day, cap of the memory of it with the best part of the day, whether if the best memory comes from the good morning you have had or from the rash evening. Now, this interpretation comes from what can be seen. What we are trying to do is to figure out the paradox, the opposite of what is written down. Are you keeping up with me so far? I know you are. You have always been better at this stuff than me. I was just checking.
Now it’s time for the paradox. Let us take the poem and change the sentences to mean the opposite. For example, the first two sentences of the poem says, “When Memory is full, Put on the perfect Lid.” When finding the paradox, the opposite of what it means, the sentence should read “When Memory is empty, Leave off the Lid.” If you continue doing this, the paradox of the entire poem will read: When Memory is empty,
Leave off the Lid-
For Morning’s unfinest
Hey! How have you been? Are you still in school? Are you still in a relationship? Are you still living in North Dakota? You kind of fell off any social media websites and even had your phone disconnected so I have no idea what you have been up to or even if you’re still alive. Just kidding, I know you still are; your sisters Facebook status’s confirms it. So, the reason why I am writing you this letter is because I wanted to know if you would be interested in learning about a certain type of figurative language usage in an Emily Dickinson poem. No? Well too bad. I have to tell you anyways.
The poem I pick was Emily Dickinson’s poem 1266. Before I get into the poem, do you know what paradox language is? In my critical approaches class, we have been talking about Brook’s argument about poetry and paradox. From what I understood in class, a paradox is a …show more content…
I think that the poem is saying that when you have had a long day, cap of the memory of it with the best part of the day, whether if the best memory comes from the good morning you have had or from the rash evening. Now, this interpretation comes from what can be seen. What we are trying to do is to figure out the paradox, the opposite of what is written down. Are you keeping up with me so far? I know you are. You have always been better at this stuff than me. I was just checking.
Now it’s time for the paradox. Let us take the poem and change the sentences to mean the opposite. For example, the first two sentences of the poem says, “When Memory is full, Put on the perfect Lid.” When finding the paradox, the opposite of what it means, the sentence should read “When Memory is empty, Leave off the Lid.” If you continue doing this, the paradox of the entire poem will read: When Memory is empty,
Leave off the Lid-
For Morning’s unfinest