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Analysis and comments on An altered look about the hills by Emily Dickinson

Comment 4 of 4, added on April 26th, 2013 at 4:48 AM.
Its always necessary keep your teeth clean

A tooth (plural teeth) is a small, calcified, whitish structure ground in
the jaws (or mouths) of various vertebrates and habituated to to break down
food. Some animals, strikingly carnivores, also exercise teeth repayment
for hunting or for defensive purposes. The roots of teeth are covered by
gums. Teeth are not made of bone, but to a certain extent of multiple
tissues of varying density and hardness.

The general design of teeth is alike resemble across the vertebrates,
although there is respectable converting in their shape and position. The
teeth of mammals be struck by esoteric roots, and this decoration is also
found in some fish, and in crocodilians. In most teleost fish, regardless
how, the teeth are attached to the outer rise of the bone, while in lizards
they are fastened to the inner surface of the jaw alongside a man side. In
cartilaginous fish, such as sharks, the teeth are unavailable by cold
ligaments to the hoops of cartilage that form the jaw.





ManteetleRima from Senegal
Comment 3 of 4, added on April 17th, 2013 at 8:32 PM.
Its always necessary keep your teeth clean

A tooth (plural teeth) is a cheap, calcified, whitish structure initiate in
the jaws (or mouths) of innumerable vertebrates and used to ease up down
food. Some animals, particularly carnivores, also exercise teeth in behalf
of hunting or owing defensive purposes. The roots of teeth are covered
sooner than gums. Teeth are not made of bone, but rather of multiple
tissues of varying density and hardness.

The community systematize of teeth is alike resemble across the
vertebrates, although there is sizeable modifying in their shape and
position. The teeth of mammals be struck by esoteric roots, and this
decoration is also create in some fish, and in crocodilians. In most
teleost fish, regardless how, the teeth are attached to the outer rise of
the bone, while in lizards they are fastened to the inner interface of the
jaw by one side. In cartilaginous fish, such as sharks, the teeth are
joined by means of tough ligaments to the hoops of cartilage that construct
the jaw.





Uncotoovefe from Senegal
Comment 2 of 4, added on March 9th, 2013 at 11:03 AM.
An altered look upon the hills

Nicodemus asked Christ how a man can be born again and Emily is describing
how in Spring Nature is reborn year after year!

Janet Siegfried from United Kingdom
Comment 1 of 4, added on February 23rd, 2005 at 12:21 AM.

Important words to notice in this poem are "Tyrian", "vermilion",
"chanticleer" and "Nicodemus". However, Nicodemus it is better to just
note John 3.4 for a reference of Nicodemus. Nicodemus is a Jewish leader
who comes to Jesus, asking, "How can a man be born when he is old? can he
enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

So in the final lines of Dickinson's poem, she is saying that the previous
fourteen lines answer Nicodemus's question!

What is the answer? The biggest hint lies in the connotation of being born
again (what Nicodemus is referring to) and the hint that Dickinson gives
us: "its annual reply."

Think with it!

Jonas from United States

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 140. An altered look about the hills
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: 1955
Added: Jan 9 2004
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