Love confuses us all, love cannot be 'mastered', love cannot be forgotten about, and love is part of human nature. Those brave souls willing to analyze love often express feelings in words, whether it be a story, a play, a song, or a poem, just to mention a few. Undoubtedly the most often written about topic is love. Since love is an analytical topic, what the writer tries to convey and what the reader interrupts can be viewed as many different thoughts. Not only can it be viewed as separate thoughts but also the writing can be viewed as a different topic entirely. By analyzing a poem written by Emily Dickinson, "Wild Nights-Wild Nights!" we will be able to see how two different views can come from one piece of literary work; is the writing about a man she longs for or is the poem about spirituality.
             If we look at the poem as if the speaker is lusting for a person, we can discuss the denotation of the words with a sexual meaning behind them. The first lines of the poem, "Wild nights-wild nights! Were I with thee," is asking the questions, 'those wild nights you were out, were you thinking of me? Was I with you?' The rest of the stanza the writer tells of her jealousy, speaking of how the wild nights her lover was out with others should have been their wild nights together, their lust for each other. The writer than curses the winds for carrying her love away while she remains loyal to him with "a heart in port". In the lines "[I am] Done with the compass, Done with the chart!" she is saying she is done with trying to figuring out how to keep her lovers mind on what she feels should be his destination, taking her to Eden. Eden is viewed as paradise, a place thatonly lovers can go together. The speaker talks about "rowing in Eden" followed by the line "Ah, the Sea". An individual does not want to be in a rowboat heading towards paradise when...