Wow, I am lost in her vocab; I had to look up most of the words she used. I was able to pick out some imagery but was unclear on what her exact meaning is with most. However, the third one: "I'm nobody! Who are you? /Are you nobody, too?" I liked this one, it was simple enough to understand but had an enormous meaning. I believe she is trying to say that being "nobody" is a good thing, as compared to being "somebody" which would be "dreary." And what beautiful imagery she casts with the frog in his bog. I got the image of a lone frog in a lillypad in the middle of a pind on a dark and foggy night. As he croaks into the darkness all you can hear is his lone croak as it echoes across the water. Basically, being known or being somebody (like a celebrity) establishes a rule of conformity, everyone wants to be you, you are like everyone else, and then you have no personal identity.
Emily Dickinson is definitely sometimes a confusing poet. Once some of the poem is explained, though, I am actually able to fully grasp the concept of the poems. My favorites are the "I'm nobody! Who are you?" and "After a great pain, a formal feeling comes". I think that is the first one she kind of makes herself out to be a sort of irony. It has been clear that she was, to an extent, a recluse when she was living and in that sense, a "nobody". She goes on in this poem to fully mock those who are in the lime light of the media making it known that she's glad she isn't and never wants to be. In a way, though, I feel like she mocks them so much that it makes her look jealous of them and that she wishes that she could be noticed by someone. The second poem I mentioned is about a death and I can fully relate to this one because of when three of my high school friends and my grandfather died. They were definitely tragic, and at first there is a great pain, then a sort of numbness to all the world, and then you are finally able to let the pain go but never letting of go them.
If I could go back in time to meet Emily Dickinson, and have a conversation face to face I would. Her poetry is different and unconventional for her time period and i really enjoy deciphering her symbolism. I especially appreciate the poem "I'm nobody!" because it is short yet it still contains symbolism that makes you think. the like a frog comparison is brilliant. her poems are right to the point but still contain enough literary devices to make you take a second to really think about what she means.
One of my favorite poems of Emily Dickenson would have to be "I'm nobody!". This poem stresses the idea that it is better to be nobody than "somebody". If you are a nobody Dickenson says you have achieved true sucess. I can really relate to her example in that once you have become so in tune with whom you are nobody else is going to sway you. In so you are what you say you are and thus sucessful. I feel that in todays society everybody is trying to be some one else. On every newstand in America you see famous people's faces telling you what to do to have better sex, more money, or sucessful and fufilling life. We are more concerned with whats in style that we forget about all the cruelty our government is doing to the world. It just sucks that more people havent read this poem.
Of all the poems we looked at in class, I enjoyed reading the Emily Dickinson poems the best. I felt like I could identify with what she was writing because she took the overlooked and ordinary things that most people do not notice (like the dew in “I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed”), and incorporated them into a simple, yet elegant poem. It seems like she would have been a very humble and down-to-earth person. My favorite of her poems was “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” When I first read this poem, I thought it was purely comical, perhaps making fun of somebody in a higher position. Then, as I reread it and we discussed it in class, I began to see the hidden beauty behind the words of the poem. Truly happiness and contentment are not limited to those who are famous; common people can enjoy life just the same.
Reading the poems by Emily Dickinson was a great experience. She is able to give the reader a unique perspective while using active imagery to enhance the readers experience. I really enjoyed two of her poems above all the rest. These included "Success is counted sweetest" and "I'm Nobody". The reason I enjoyed "Success is counted Sweetest" is due to the feeling of the need to secceed which Dickinson illustrates. After reading this sonnett I remembered when I would lose wrestling matches as a freshmen in high school and how much I wanted to win and the way it made me feel. Once I did win the "strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear." I also enjoyed reading "I'm nobody!" This sonnett made me feel the way I felt when I first met some of my good friends and the commrodery which was formed thereafter.
Every poem I read of Emily Dickinson's was a complete and udder blur except for "Success is counted sweetest," because the language she uses goes completely over my head and I can't follow what she's talking about. I like "Success is counted Sweetest" because I can really see her point and I understand where she is coming from. That poem really expresses the idea that success really doesn't mean as much when you're use to it but for someone that seems to have never succeeded, success is greatly appreciated. Emily Dickinson is a very complex writer.
Emily Dickenson's "Success is Counted Sweetest" is my favorite of all of her poem's that I have read so far. In all honesty I am not a very big fan of Emily Dickenson's poetry for the most part but this one I actually enjoy. This poem is a bold yet very true statement to be made. Possessions or feelings are not as appreciated by those who already have them than by those who are not as fortunate. It is like those who are rich and can afford everything do not have a true appreciation for their possessions. Only someone without all of those luxuries truly knows their value and worth. She is also making a statement about war in the end of this poem saying that those who survive and get to experience the feeling of victory do not comprehend it’s meaning as much as those who died in the pursuit of victory and did not make it to experience it.
Oh, Emily Dickson, how I love thee. Sometimes. She can be quite confusing (as everyone else has said), but I do like her. I like her symbolism in poems. I like the poem "Success is counted sweetest" because it's so true. When a person succeeds at something and they usually don't succeed at anything, it's the greatest feeling. It's so hard for someone to even think about what it feels like to succeed if they've never experienced it. I also like "I'm nobody! Who are you?" I like the life that the subject lives in this poem. Being famous or just known around the world is not what life is about. It's better to not be known by millions of people because you are allowed to have your privacy. A sense of freedom. Emily Dickinson gives good messages through her poems about life.
Emily Dickinson definitely has a way with words, and it’s a shame she didn’t get a chance to see how famous she would become for her writing. “I’m Nobody” was one of my favorites poems. I think, especially in today’s world, fame and fortune have become synonymous with a successful life. For me, that is definitely not the case. You don’t have to be a celebrity to feel like your life has been worthwhile. In fact, I think it’s easier to enjoy the smaller things in life if you’re just a regular person. The most obvious example for this is Britney Spears. She has achieved success in every definition of the word but her happiness does not reflect that. She is probably one of the most recognized faces in our nation and look at what it has done for her. Fame does not equal happiness and money is not everything.
Emily Dickinson poems are very interesting to me. Well she is a very interesting person. She was a person who was not afraid to say what she was thinking or feeling with her poetry. He poem “I’m Nobody” was by far my favorite by her. It really compares to today society. “I’m nobody! Who are you?” These words really compare to me. I am not like some college students, partying, alcohol, and drugs are not something that I like to do. Like Emily Dickinson I have gone against the crowd. Some say this makes us wrong, but does it really? Going against such crowd is something that I have to live with, which is a good decision, being that I want to be a cop when I graduate. I am sure walking into a police department for a job and having an underage drinking ticket would be a definite turn down.
The poem about success is probably one of the most meaningful things to me that I have read all semester. The poem says that people who have been given everything, either just because it comes naturally or because their family gave them it, don’t value things as much as one who spends their entire life trying to reach a goal. The one who works for it cherishes it and the one who has been given it just tosses it aside as if it was nothing. This poem is actually the final thing that made me want to become a dance major. Its something that I have cared about and enjoyed all my life, and now after reading this I want to work hard to achieve this goal. The best thing about this poem is the fact that it makes people want to do the things they love.
Im not very sure if i like reading poems by Emily Dickinson. They were very hard for me to understand. Some of the words that she used really confused me. When i finally figured out what the words meant i really liked some of her poems but i just didnt like having to figure out what she was talking about. I think that she puts a lot of irony into her poems. I think that her writting was way ahead of her time. she was a very intelligent woman and a very good writer. I think that if i could find a poem by her that didnt have confusing words that i could understand then i would like her.
emily dickinson stikes me as a very interesting poet. she is obviously very original and thus she did not gain much noteriety in her lifetime. she is very good at choosing her phrases so that her poems can get accross their mesage in few lines. this makes the poems consice and menaingfull. it also makes the language strange but so effecitve. the alnguage is my favorite element of her poetry.
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Wow, I am lost in her vocab; I had to look up most of the words she used. I was able to pick out some imagery but was unclear on what her exact meaning is with most. However, the third one: "I'm nobody! Who are you? /Are you nobody, too?" I liked this one, it was simple enough to understand but had an enormous meaning. I believe she is trying to say that being "nobody" is a good thing, as compared to being "somebody" which would be "dreary." And what beautiful imagery she casts with the frog in his bog. I got the image of a lone frog in a lillypad in the middle of a pind on a dark and foggy night. As he croaks into the darkness all you can hear is his lone croak as it echoes across the water. Basically, being known or being somebody (like a celebrity) establishes a rule of conformity, everyone wants to be you, you are like everyone else, and then you have no personal identity.
Emily Dickinson is definitely sometimes a confusing poet. Once some of the poem is explained, though, I am actually able to fully grasp the concept of the poems. My favorites are the "I'm nobody! Who are you?" and "After a great pain, a formal feeling comes". I think that is the first one she kind of makes herself out to be a sort of irony. It has been clear that she was, to an extent, a recluse when she was living and in that sense, a "nobody". She goes on in this poem to fully mock those who are in the lime light of the media making it known that she's glad she isn't and never wants to be. In a way, though, I feel like she mocks them so much that it makes her look jealous of them and that she wishes that she could be noticed by someone. The second poem I mentioned is about a death and I can fully relate to this one because of when three of my high school friends and my grandfather died. They were definitely tragic, and at first there is a great pain, then a sort of numbness to all the world, and then you are finally able to let the pain go but never letting of go them.
If I could go back in time to meet Emily Dickinson, and have a conversation face to face I would. Her poetry is different and unconventional for her time period and i really enjoy deciphering her symbolism. I especially appreciate the poem "I'm nobody!" because it is short yet it still contains symbolism that makes you think. the like a frog comparison is brilliant. her poems are right to the point but still contain enough literary devices to make you take a second to really think about what she means.
One of my favorite poems of Emily Dickenson would have to be "I'm nobody!". This poem stresses the idea that it is better to be nobody than "somebody". If you are a nobody Dickenson says you have achieved true sucess. I can really relate to her example in that once you have become so in tune with whom you are nobody else is going to sway you. In so you are what you say you are and thus sucessful. I feel that in todays society everybody is trying to be some one else. On every newstand in America you see famous people's faces telling you what to do to have better sex, more money, or sucessful and fufilling life. We are more concerned with whats in style that we forget about all the cruelty our government is doing to the world. It just sucks that more people havent read this poem.
Of all the poems we looked at in class, I enjoyed reading the Emily Dickinson poems the best. I felt like I could identify with what she was writing because she took the overlooked and ordinary things that most people do not notice (like the dew in “I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed”), and incorporated them into a simple, yet elegant poem. It seems like she would have been a very humble and down-to-earth person. My favorite of her poems was “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” When I first read this poem, I thought it was purely comical, perhaps making fun of somebody in a higher position. Then, as I reread it and we discussed it in class, I began to see the hidden beauty behind the words of the poem. Truly happiness and contentment are not limited to those who are famous; common people can enjoy life just the same.
Reading the poems by Emily Dickinson was a great experience. She is able to give the reader a unique perspective while using active imagery to enhance the readers experience. I really enjoyed two of her poems above all the rest. These included "Success is counted sweetest" and "I'm Nobody". The reason I enjoyed "Success is counted Sweetest" is due to the feeling of the need to secceed which Dickinson illustrates. After reading this sonnett I remembered when I would lose wrestling matches as a freshmen in high school and how much I wanted to win and the way it made me feel. Once I did win the "strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear." I also enjoyed reading "I'm nobody!" This sonnett made me feel the way I felt when I first met some of my good friends and the commrodery which was formed thereafter.
Every poem I read of Emily Dickinson's was a complete and udder blur except for "Success is counted sweetest," because the language she uses goes completely over my head and I can't follow what she's talking about. I like "Success is counted Sweetest" because I can really see her point and I understand where she is coming from. That poem really expresses the idea that success really doesn't mean as much when you're use to it but for someone that seems to have never succeeded, success is greatly appreciated. Emily Dickinson is a very complex writer.
Emily Dickenson's "Success is Counted Sweetest" is my favorite of all of her poem's that I have read so far. In all honesty I am not a very big fan of Emily Dickenson's poetry for the most part but this one I actually enjoy. This poem is a bold yet very true statement to be made. Possessions or feelings are not as appreciated by those who already have them than by those who are not as fortunate. It is like those who are rich and can afford everything do not have a true appreciation for their possessions. Only someone without all of those luxuries truly knows their value and worth. She is also making a statement about war in the end of this poem saying that those who survive and get to experience the feeling of victory do not comprehend it’s meaning as much as those who died in the pursuit of victory and did not make it to experience it.
Oh, Emily Dickson, how I love thee. Sometimes. She can be quite confusing (as everyone else has said), but I do like her. I like her symbolism in poems. I like the poem "Success is counted sweetest" because it's so true. When a person succeeds at something and they usually don't succeed at anything, it's the greatest feeling. It's so hard for someone to even think about what it feels like to succeed if they've never experienced it.
I also like "I'm nobody! Who are you?" I like the life that the subject lives in this poem. Being famous or just known around the world is not what life is about. It's better to not be known by millions of people because you are allowed to have your privacy. A sense of freedom.
Emily Dickinson gives good messages through her poems about life.
Emily Dickinson definitely has a way with words, and it’s a shame she didn’t get a chance to see how famous she would become for her writing. “I’m Nobody” was one of my favorites poems. I think, especially in today’s world, fame and fortune have become synonymous with a successful life. For me, that is definitely not the case. You don’t have to be a celebrity to feel like your life has been worthwhile. In fact, I think it’s easier to enjoy the smaller things in life if you’re just a regular person. The most obvious example for this is Britney Spears. She has achieved success in every definition of the word but her happiness does not reflect that. She is probably one of the most recognized faces in our nation and look at what it has done for her. Fame does not equal happiness and money is not everything.
Emily Dickinson poems are very interesting to me. Well she is a very interesting person. She was a person who was not afraid to say what she was thinking or feeling with her poetry. He poem “I’m Nobody” was by far my favorite by her. It really compares to today society. “I’m nobody! Who are you?” These words really compare to me. I am not like some college students, partying, alcohol, and drugs are not something that I like to do. Like Emily Dickinson I have gone against the crowd. Some say this makes us wrong, but does it really? Going against such crowd is something that I have to live with, which is a good decision, being that I want to be a cop when I graduate. I am sure walking into a police department for a job and having an underage drinking ticket would be a definite turn down.
The poem about success is probably one of the most meaningful things to me that I have read all semester. The poem says that people who have been given everything, either just because it comes naturally or because their family gave them it, don’t value things as much as one who spends their entire life trying to reach a goal. The one who works for it cherishes it and the one who has been given it just tosses it aside as if it was nothing. This poem is actually the final thing that made me want to become a dance major. Its something that I have cared about and enjoyed all my life, and now after reading this I want to work hard to achieve this goal. The best thing about this poem is the fact that it makes people want to do the things they love.
Im not very sure if i like reading poems by Emily Dickinson. They were very hard for me to understand. Some of the words that she used really confused me. When i finally figured out what the words meant i really liked some of her poems but i just didnt like having to figure out what she was talking about. I think that she puts a lot of irony into her poems. I think that her writting was way ahead of her time. she was a very intelligent woman and a very good writer. I think that if i could find a poem by her that didnt have confusing words that i could understand then i would like her.
emily dickinson stikes me as a very interesting poet. she is obviously very original and thus she did not gain much noteriety in her lifetime. she is very good at choosing her phrases so that her poems can get accross their mesage in few lines. this makes the poems consice and menaingfull. it also makes the language strange but so effecitve. the alnguage is my favorite element of her poetry.
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