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This poem was very hard to make an argument for to tell what it means. The poem deals with the idea of depression, hurt, weighted choices, and death. It is the most uplifting of poems, but I don't think Emily Dickinson was trying to make it that way. She uses the idea of winter to represent darkness, the comparison of the weight of a choice the heft of Cathedral tunes. She uses a line, which states that there are internal differences to represent emotional not physical problems. She also say's that no one can teach the person how to make the right decision, showing that the person is on their own to make their own choices. The poem has many prosodic characteristics as well. The poem seems to have a regular pattern of syllables. It never goes over 8 syllables and never falls below 5. It all sticks to an ABAB format, with a slight change in the third stanza. The Poem starts off with an ABAB format. In the first stanza it is exactly ABAB format. The first line consists of 7 syllables. The second line has 5. The third has 7, while the fourth has 5. Making the first stanza a 7,5,7,5 pattern of syllables. The second paragraph has ABAB format. The first line has 7 syllables, the second has 5, the third has 7, and the fourth has 5. Th
When they do they will be separated from the rest of society and probably seen as castaways. From what I read and tried to get from the poem was that it was a very dark poem. I don't think it really fits in the poem. The Third stanza doesn't stick to the 7,5,7,5 pattern it goes 5,6,8,5. The idea of winter, I think represents darkness. I believe the light represents a pain or an emotional conflict within. The first two stanza's stick with 7,5,7,5, and the last goes 8,5,8,5. Stanza 1There's a certain Slant of Light,Winter Afternoons-That oppresses, like the HeftOf Cathedral tunes-In stanza 1 introduces the idea of a light. Stanza 2Heavenly hurt, it gives us-We can find no scar,But internal Difference,Where the Meanings, are- In stanza 2 the idea of a Heavenly hurt, which I think means that the person has to make a moral decision. I think the author may have been talking about a person she knows or it could have been a choice the author had to make in life. When I read the poem I thought what I got out of it might be just because the mood I was in. That part of the poem I do not know. In the first two and the last stanza they both stick to this format this stanza in the poem also is directed more towards the person being alone rather than emphasizing the problem. It is also the only stanza that does not stick to a certain pattern. Stanza 4When it comes, the Landscape listens-Shadows - hold their breath-When it goes, 'tis like the DistanceOn the look of Death In stanza 4 it brings up the idea of the light again, saying when it comes (the light = the choice), the person has to make a decision.
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