Guest Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 My life closed twice before its close- It yet remains to see If immortality unveil A third event to me So huge, so hopeless to conceive As these that twice befell. Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell. ~~~ Emily Dickenson This is a very famous poem by Dickenson. It seems a bit paradoxal, or can you really make any sense out of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Is this a riddle??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Not sure if this is a puzzle, or just a poem discussion, but... I think it's about like a great pain or tragedy or loss. Two actually, so while she was alive, before she physically died, she felt the pain "worse than death" so to speak. And she wonders if she will have to endure a third before she physically dies. The second stanza makes me think that it's about loved ones dying. It makes me think she's talking about parting with someone, and hoping they are finding peace or a metaphorical heaven, or if your religious then actual heaven. But for us here that are still around, it can feel like hell. Not sure if it's right or wrong, but just how I interpret the poem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Is this a riddle??? kind of. this poem seems like a paradox if you look at it. my english teacher said that it isn't and there is a way to make sense of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nikyma Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 It's clearly about lost love. Besides, poetry (like any other art form) is open to the interpretation of the reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 It's clearly about lost love. Besides, poetry (like any other art form) is open to the interpretation of the reader. That is very true. Emily dickenson used words as if she was inventing them. Also, her poems were ment for her eyes only. She never wanted them to be published. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 i see tis as a loos of two loved ones, probably parents or grandparents. Lives taken or lost to soon as opposed to natural causes. Maybe I'm seeing to simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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My life closed twice before its close-
It yet remains to see
If immortality unveil
A third event to me
So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.
~~~ Emily Dickenson
This is a very famous poem by Dickenson. It seems a bit paradoxal, or can you really make any sense out of this?
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