Thursday, February 2, 2012

This is my letter to the World

Emily Dikinson's poem 519/441 portrays the feeling of death much like most all of her poems. I do however feel like this poem provides a bit more of an uplifting tone because of the mention of mother nature.  Although Mother Nature is capable of death, she is also capable of life and rebirth. This simple spark of ideas, leads me to consider that this topic is a funeral.  The "Letter to the World" seems to be a eulogy as the last letter to the World before leaving it forever. The reason for Mother Nature in the poem, is to signify the essence of rebirth and being put in the ground, back to the most organic of forms. This would also be a relevent topic for Emily Dikinson because she overlooks on a graveyard and must have witnessed funerals on a daily basis.

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