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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art)
Poem: 1510.
How happy is the little Stone
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day:
Apr 26 2004
Comment 12 of 12, added on September 14th, 2009 at 12:01 AM.
When I was younger, I used to think this poem was a paean for the simple life, but now, older, think it means we have to work for our happiness, pursue our happiness, because we are in fact humans, and not stones, rolling or otherwise. I think in fact the simple life is a happy one, but that simplicity, however defined, is hard to hold - and in the end it's the integrity of the pursuit we are left with.
Sarah Gates from United States
Comment 11 of 12, added on April 16th, 2008 at 6:28 PM.
i love this poem it is so awesome and wow!
geemaffy from United States
Comment 10 of 12, added on May 9th, 2006 at 12:10 PM.
My simple explanation is:
The aughtor is thinking about our life, what all we need to have to be happy, to live and to be loved by others. She envies the stone his simplicity --> it doesn't need anything to be happy, he doesn't need nothing (no Careers), it just simply is ...
Any from Slovenia
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When I was younger, I used to think this poem was a paean for the simple life, but now, older, think it means we have to work for our happiness, pursue our happiness, because we are in fact humans, and not stones, rolling or otherwise. I think in fact the simple life is a happy one, but that simplicity, however defined, is hard to hold - and in the end it's the integrity of the pursuit we are left with.
Sarah Gates from United States