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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 248.
Why -- do they shut Me out of Heaven?
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day:
Feb 1 2002
Comment 2 of 2, added on April 20th, 2007 at 4:15 AM.
This poem to me shows how Dickinson saw society casting her out. She uses the metaphore of heaven to show it truly pains her that they see her as not fit to part of what they have. She debates at the end of the poem if she would treat them the same way, but sees that she would have a hard time using the metaphor of a priest or an angel perhapse.
Stacy
Comment 1 of 2, added on November 12th, 2004 at 1:40 PM.
When Aaron Copland set this poem into "The twelve poems of Emily Dickinson" he used "sing" instead of "say" in "but I can "Sing" a little minor." I dont' know if this is due to the fact that he had a different version of if there was a typo somewhere along the way, but since the song uses the metaphor of singing as a key to get to heaven, I think it makes more sense to substitute sing there.
annemarie from United States
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This poem to me shows how Dickinson saw society casting her out. She uses the metaphore of heaven to show it truly pains her that they see her as not fit to part of what they have. She debates at the end of the poem if she would treat them the same way, but sees that she would have a hard time using the metaphor of a priest or an angel perhapse.
Stacy