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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1732.
My life closed twice before its close --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 62 of 62, added on March 10th, 2008 at 8:17 PM.
In this poem Emily Dickson describe the pain she experience when she loses a love one. She shows how the lost of a love one cuts deep. Dickson wants us to realize that when love ones leave they are going to a better place. It’s ok for us to be sad and cry, but soon are tears need to turn into tears of joy. I understand that losing people is hard and you never want to see them leave but it’s for the better. They are in a better place, a place were we want to go. “Parting is all we know of hell.” The word “Immortality” tells us that if we go to heaven then we will never die. We will live a never ending life.
nicole from United States
Comment 61 of 62, added on March 7th, 2008 at 11:28 AM.
In the poem “My life closed twice before its closed” Dickenson describes the feeling of a loved one that she has lost. Dickenson tries to convey her message of death comes before you know it. I think that this poem made me think of how short our lives could be, and how losing a loved one makes you go into sadness, so that kills you twice so then you are just waiting for your own death to complete the third event. The line “My life closed twice before its close” is the line that made me realize how short is life. “If immortality unveil A third event to me” this explains that after her second death which was her soul she’s just waiting for her own death to complete the third event. The words immortality and unveil are really important, that explains that she is not immortal and someday she’s going to die.
Victor from United States
Comment 60 of 62, added on March 7th, 2008 at 11:03 AM.
In this poem, "My life colsed twice before it close", it's expressing the fact if a great tragedy happens and youre not really expecting it, it will tear you to pieces and make you think your life isn't worth living because you lost on that you loved so much. Its an emotional battle you face when somebody you love passes away. "So huge so hopeless to conceive," tells us that things we never imagined are possible and real for us today. She shows that when a second death arrives life shows no meaning or purpose.
Bryan Moore from United States
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In this poem Emily Dickson describe the pain she experience when she loses a love one. She shows how the lost of a love one cuts deep. Dickson wants us to realize that when love ones leave they are going to a better place. It’s ok for us to be sad and cry, but soon are tears need to turn into tears of joy. I understand that losing people is hard and you never want to see them leave but it’s for the better. They are in a better place, a place were we want to go. “Parting is all we know of hell.” The word “Immortality” tells us that if we go to heaven then we will never die. We will live a never ending life.
nicole from United States