The Brain — is wider than the Sky —
For — put them side by side —
The one the other will contain
With ease — and You — beside —
The Brain is deeper than the sea —
For — hold them — Blue to Blue —
The one the other will absorb —
As Sponges — Buckets — do —
The Brain is just the weight of God —
For — Heft them — Pound for Pound —
And they will differ — if they do —
As Syllable from Sound —
this poem has alot of meanong its expressing than the brain is something you need to conceive god created it and meant for you to give it no limits.the brain is wider than the sky means the brain has no limits and it fits as much as you want to..and its deeper than anything
Our minds can do great things!
I wonder if Dickinson ever thought that her poems would be so popular. I wonder if she knew that someday students would have to read and write about her poems. I wonder if she knew that one day would-be teachers would have to write about her poem to pass state exams. I wonder if…”The Brain–is wider than the Sky–” I wonder.
Our minds can do great things!
I wonder if Dickinson ever thought that her poems would be so popular. I wonder if she knew that someday students would have to read and write about her poems. I wonder if she knew that one day would-be teachers would have to write about her poem to pass state exams. I wonder if…”The Brain–is wider than the Sky–” I wonder.
I believe the statement, ‘the brain is the weight of God’, defines the whole poem, for the brain is that which conceiived God!!!
My comments are specifically focused on the last part of the poem.
What I understand from “the brain is just the weight of God” is that we have not limits in our thinking…we can create things and situations that not really exists….. (It´s a kind of power, like the power of God)…. BUT ….There is something very important:
” Heft them — Pound for Pound
And THEY WILL DIFFER– if they do –
AS SYLLABLE FROM SOUND — ”
Obviously they (Brain and God´s power) will differ, because brain´s power isn´t effective if we don´t do what we have think….
..AS SYLLABLE FROM SOUND…. (For me a syllable isn´t effective if we don´t pronounce it aloud….and giving SOUND as a result ).
It´s like theory and practising….. It´s the same!!!
How can the brain not exist and be wider than the sky and deeper than the ocean??
In the poem The Brain is Wider than the Sky, Emily Dickinson states that there is
no such thing as the brain. She wrote about how “The brain is wider than the
sky”, and how “The brain is deeper than the ocean”. She says that the brain is
wider than the sky because the brain is open to things and compared to the sky the
brain is bigger. She also says that the brain is deeper than the ocean, that’s
because the brain can absorb and can be open to new things and the brain has no
limits. Knowing that the sky and the ocean are the two biggest things on our
atmosphere she says that he brain is wider and deeper. I think that she means that
no matter what, your brain is the biggest thing in the world and that the brain has
no limits because is full of knowledge.
In this poem Emily Dickinson is trying to show that the sky has no limitations and compares that to your brain, being that there are no limitations to what you can learn. As she describes “For—put them side by side— The one the other will contain” they are just as equal. “The one the other will absorb — As Sponges — Buckets — do –” She is saying you can absorb just as much as a sponge can. She also describes how you can hold up to however much information you want, comparing that to the sea. Emily expresses that the brain is a gift from God that we should use to our full advantage we should not make a limit on what we are able to learn. As she describes this she says that the brain is the weight of God, the weight is used to symbolize the gift, and it should be used to your full advantage. She also uses the sky to symbolize how the sky has to beginning nor ending, so your mind should not either. This poem to me says a lot, because she is trying to get across that we should use the gift that God provided for us, and make no limitations to which we use it.
In line one where it starts out with, “The Brian is wider than the sky” she is explaining that the brain has so much knowledge and it is so much brighter than the sky. The brain is so much wiser than the sky and the brain has experience so much more than the sky. Line five “The Brain is deeper than the sea” she means that you can dig so much in the brain it is never ending on what that brain can hold. The sea you can only dig so deep until you get to the bottom. She describes the brain as a “Sponge” because the brain can absorb anything that you want to let in. “Syllable from Sound” the syllable means that it is what makes the sound and how it is played, the brain can be the same way with what you hear you can remember in you brain what it reminds you of. The theme is how the brain can be compared to so many things and still seems to outrun them.
In the poem “The Brain is wider than the sky” I feel that Emily Dickinsin is telling us what the mind can do. There is nothing bigger than the brain. In the phrase “the brain is deeper than the sea” it let us know that the brain can go deeper than anything there is in life. Its like the other phrase that says “the one the other will absorb as sponges-buckets-do” it shows us that the brain is really important because it can take in more information than buckets can take in. Although the sky is bigger, the brain is even wider because it can expand more than anything. The deeper it is the more information can get or the more information it can take out of anything. It shows us the importance that it makes in everybody’s life
In “The Brain- is wider than the sky” Emily Dickinson is saying that are brain is endless. Unlike the sky that has limits the brain has no limits. This poem really opened my eyes and showed me another side that I have never thought of before. It made me think how powerful the human brain really is, yet it is small in comparison to the sky. “The Brain is wider than the sky” (Dickinson 426). This line shows that the brain can come up with and do so much more than the sky. “For put them side by side the one the other will contain” (Dickson 426). This line proves that even side by side the brain is smaller than the sky looking at them; butt the brain over comes the sky. Dickinson uses the words “Wider” and “Absorbs” to describe the brain and a sponge. She uses these words because the brain absorbs information just like a sponge absorbs water. Dickinson also uses the word Wider because the brain doesn’t have limits like the sky does.
In the poem “The brain is wider than the sky” Emily Dickson express the beauty of the brain and how it is unimaginable to what can be done with it. She quotes “that the brain is wider than the sky, for put them side by side” in this line she is explains that the mind has no limit to what it could do. As humans we can’t even image the width of the sky, for it seems so far stretched that it seems if it goes on forever. She explains that brain is much more than the width of the sky, it has a limit, but yet the brain does not. She states the brain is like a “Sponge” it absorbs the information that is presented in front of it. But the sea does not nearly have any of the features that the brain does, for it is only like a “bucket” holding only but so much. Emily feels strongly about how the brain is powerful and can’t be compared to nothing else around, that even if you tried to compare “They will differ-if they do as syllables from sound.” This poem makes you feel empowered, like you have the one tool to conquer all. She draws out the emotion of being prideful.
From my understanding the poem “The Brain is wider than the Sky” is stating that the brain is capable of containing infinitive amounts of knowledge yet the sky is limited to its size. Physically the sky is wider than the brain but mentally the brain overtakes the sky. “The one the other will contain” stated in the poem is describing the brains capabilities. The poem also compares the brain to the sea by saying “The Brain is deeper than the sea.” This statement is referring to the fact that there is a point where you will eventually reach the bottom of the sea but for the brain it can always grow without limitations. As new things come by the brain will “absorb” them as knowledge. The sky and the sea are incapable of this task. The poem is correct in referring to brains as “sponges”. The brain is truly wider than the sky.
The message Emily Dickinson was trying to show through her poem was there’s no limit on how much knowledge the brain can gain. The poem made me want to gain as much knowledge as possible because it can only benefit me. In line three she says “the one the other will contain.” Dickinson is saying that if you had to stretch the brain next to the sky the brain would overtake the sky. The brain has no boundaries on how much knowledge it can obtain. Dickinson uses another strong quote in her poem she says “the one the other will absorb.” She continuously abides by her statement that nothing can surpass the brain in depth or knowledge. Two words that grabbed my attention were; absorb and sponges. They caught my attention because they were used as similes in the poem and you can relate to it.
Emily Dickinson paints an elaborate picture of how the brain is open to mountains of information that would put Mount Everest to shame. She states that the Brain is “deeper than the sea.” Personifying the information into the vast ocean, she gives us a biting image of the endlessness she feels our minds have. I also believe this is a personal message to the world to leave your mind open for traveling through worlds unexplored. It moves me as to what we are capable of as thinking human beings.
When Emily Dickinson comments that the brain is wider than they sky she means that the brain is so in detail when thinking. Even though the sky is humongous the thought of the brain is even bigger. In the line “The one the other will absorb –,” Emily is describing that the brain can absorb more than the sea like sponges. Dickinson explains that if you put the two side by side then a person can see that the brain contains more than some of the biggest things in the world. She explains that if the brain and God were side by side then they might or might not be the same weight.
The Brain- is wider than the sky-”, is about how big and important the mind really is.” It mentions “The Brain- is wider than the Sky- For put them side by side-” That part of the poem is saying if you put your mind next to the sky, your mind will be wider, because it holds a knowledge that is more infinite than the sky.. Mind is much more than anything in the universe. Dickinson is emphasizing how important the human mind is. Emily compares mind to the sky and the sea, two large things on our atmosphere. She is trying to show that no matter what, compared to anything, what you think and your mind is bigger and greater anything in the world.
In “The Brain–Is Wider Than The Sky,” Emily Dickinson was showing the significance and value of the human imagination and knowledge. She mentions how if they’re “put side by side- the one the other will contain”. By this, Dickinson meant that the sky has limitations, however, the imagination and knowledge of a person doesn’t. According to the poem, Emily describes the brain to be deeper than the sea, stating,”The one the other will absorb.” To my understanding, I believe that Dickinson was describing that this world and beyond is filled with information and discoveries. If you were to increase or “absorb” these things, your mind would have the capacity to do such. In my own comprehension, Emily Dickinson was delivering a powerful message, showing that we as people often underestimate and misuse the power of the mind.
The Brain, the center of Emily Dickinson’s “The Brain- is wider than the sky-,” is a magestical tool that people can use to make a world complete. Vast feelings of emotion stem from the brain and make people react. “The Brain-is wider than the sky-” is another way to say that our minds are unrestricted from any thoughts, feelings, or combinations of each. “The Brain is deeper than the sea-” shows just how much people can comprehend. Minds are capable of being full of everything imaginable. A lot of times people fill some of this space with emotions, others fill it with thoughts that assist in human development. There is no limit to what can be in a human mind; there is no such thing as a full mind. One thing that could be a restriction is the very thought that brains have a limit. If limits existed, then people wouldn’t be able to handle the extra things in life that can possibly make it more enjoyable.
I believe that the idea expressed in “The Brain is wider than the Sky” is a comparison between the brain and the sky expressing that the brain has knowledge and substance infinite to the sky. Dickinson is simply showing emphasizing that the human mind is wider than the sky because it holds a knowledge that is more infinite than the sky. This poem in general is hard to comprehend but it encouraged me by letting me know that my misd is deeper than the sky and sea.