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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 301.
I reason, Earth is short
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day:
Sep 22 2002
Comment 2 of 2, added on April 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 AM.
i think this poem can also be seen as a response to some of the mainstream romantic ideas of her time. the words "i reason" speak to an audience that has fallen in love with the belief that they are able to transcend this world by their own actions and attempts to reach an enlightened state of being. Emily reminds her contemporaries that no matter what kind of transcendent state we may be able to reach through our ability to reason, we still all die. She leaves us with "But, what of that" at the end of each stanza, and this seems to be reaffirming her skepticism of the ideas advanced by romantic art. So what if we can enlighten ourselves she seems to be asking.
mike from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on April 5th, 2006 at 6:16 AM.
We can never surpass the death ,no matter how energetic we are when we alive.We should face the death directly. Life is short, though we should still keep on living.
Sea from China
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i think this poem can also be seen as a response to some of the mainstream romantic ideas of her time. the words "i reason" speak to an audience that has fallen in love with the belief that they are able to transcend this world by their own actions and attempts to reach an enlightened state of being. Emily reminds her contemporaries that no matter what kind of transcendent state we may be able to reach through our ability to reason, we still all die. She leaves us with "But, what of that" at the end of each stanza, and this seems to be reaffirming her skepticism of the ideas advanced by romantic art. So what if we can enlighten ourselves she seems to be asking.
mike from United States