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Comment 2 of 12, added on October 31st, 2005 at 11:15 PM.
I think this poem is very self-explanatory once you are familiar with the
transcendentalist movement that swept the nation during the time period
Dickinson wrote this poem. Emerson and other transcendentalists focused on
nature and the individual, preaching nonconformity to common belief and
simple life. The little stone ands its happiness is an extended metaphor
for the happiness of a self-reliant individual not hassled by Careers and
the need for prosperity, but instead is as "independent as the Sun", and
fulfills "absolute Decree/ In casual simplicity--."
Oliver from United States
Comment 1 of 12, added on August 25th, 2005 at 2:58 AM.
very short!! i cant understand!! duh!!
Emma Wall from United States
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I think this poem is very self-explanatory once you are familiar with the
transcendentalist movement that swept the nation during the time period
Dickinson wrote this poem. Emerson and other transcendentalists focused on
nature and the individual, preaching nonconformity to common belief and
simple life. The little stone ands its happiness is an extended metaphor
for the happiness of a self-reliant individual not hassled by Careers and
the need for prosperity, but instead is as "independent as the Sun", and
fulfills "absolute Decree/ In casual simplicity--."
Oliver from United States