1. Emily Dickenson And A Poem
... . When you have done, pray tell me, 5 That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you"re lagging, I may remember him! In this poem, Emily Dickinson is expressing her way of recovering after someone or something she loved is no longer around. She divides the poem into two perspectives: those of her heart and of her mind. She speaks to her heart about forgetting ... be interpreted as the visual image of this lost person or thing, and also as the intellectual attachment to someone. In the last stanza of the poem, Emily is addressing her heart, "asking" it to let her know when it is succes...
- Word Count: 357
- Approx Pages: 1
- Grade Level: High School