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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art)
Poem: 1176.
We never know how high we are
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 23 of 23, added on December 11th, 2009 at 2:43 AM.
I like the poem so much . I think she mean how much we important till we are close to death .when we hear the callto rise to the sky with God.
silvia from United Kingdom
Comment 22 of 23, added on November 5th, 2009 at 7:26 PM.
"We never know how high we are"
we will never know how highly we are valued by God and others, and how high we can go.
"'Till we are asked to rise"
when we have a challenge set before us, we need to rise to the occasion, we ARE strong enough.
"And then if we are true to plan, our stature's touch the skies."
When we plan to be great, we WILL be great. We are tall, we are great and we are the epidemy of greatness.
"The Heroism we recite would be a normal thing, did not ourselves the cubits warp for fear to be a King"
I put these last few verses together to convey a point.
We are scared and so afraid to be great, to be "the one" to step outside our litle confining circle, that we never realize our TRUE POTENTIAL in the world for so many great things!
Hannah from United States
Comment 21 of 23, added on May 31st, 2009 at 8:00 PM.
I really think this poem is about the mindset of us humans. Many of us think that we can't be of importance to our world, we think we are too poor, too young, too small, etc. to make a difference in the world, but in reality when we're called upon to do something to help the world, we may find that we are much more than we make ourselves out to be, and that each one of us has the power to change the world, whether big or small
Jaimes from United States
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I like the poem so much . I think she mean how much we important till we are close to death .when we hear the callto rise to the sky with God.
silvia from United Kingdom