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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 8.
There is a word
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 12 of 12, added on March 3rd, 2006 at 11:59 AM.
Im doing research on Emily for an assignment, this is the first poem I came about.. And i too think that this is about a victory during the civil war..a victory that will be celebrated by others but the indiviuals who fought and won this victory will be forgotten with time and only those close to the lost lives will remember them. Time will forget the names of those who lost their lives for this country but not the victory...
A very good poem, it really means something to me..
I will keep reading her poetry even after im done with my assignment.. She has an interesting way with words..
Crazzylaidbackfunchick from United States
Comment 11 of 12, added on February 16th, 2006 at 9:44 PM.
the first stanza is short, and limited giving it a rhythm of breaths maby acting as the last breaths of the dying soldier
dominig from United States
Comment 10 of 12, added on February 9th, 2006 at 6:58 PM.
i think that the name is a literary device that enfasises the meaning of the poem, forgoten. the title is more like
"there is a word, that i can't remember". the poem means that everyone will remember great feats in history, but not names. time will wipe the memory of the people who made history, but maby "The saved will tell
On patriotic day,
Some epauletted Brother
Gave his breath away." means that the family and friends of the fallen will always remember
dominic from United States
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Im doing research on Emily for an assignment, this is the first poem I came about.. And i too think that this is about a victory during the civil war..a victory that will be celebrated by others but the indiviuals who fought and won this victory will be forgotten with time and only those close to the lost lives will remember them. Time will forget the names of those who lost their lives for this country but not the victory...
A very good poem, it really means something to me..
I will keep reading her poetry even after im done with my assignment.. She has an interesting way with words..
Crazzylaidbackfunchick from United States