Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Interior Structure: [The Wind begun to knead the Grass-] by Emily Dickinson


Emily Dickinson is known for her unorthodox use of grammar and poem structure, which made her stand out in the mid 1800's of poetry. [The Wind begun to knead the Grass-] is even an interesting title in how she only capitalizes "Wind" and "Grass", as if they were important or people. Also, this is probably a streach, but the word choice of knead could also allude to the same sounding word "need", giving hte title a different meaning. This analysis could work because Emily compares many things that need each other, such as the "Leaves and hte "Trees", "Wagons" and "Streets", and "Birds" and "Nests".
The dashes at the end of her lines imply an unfinnished thought, as if her thought proccess to the poem's internal structure is a stream of conciousness of comparisons. Emily uses personifications to describe the majority of ther events at her "Father's House", such as "Thunders gossiped low" and "Lightning showeda Yellow Head". Personifications contribute to the internal structure by making the events easier to understand and more relateable.

1 comment:

Ap_Star said...

wat does the poem mean?