"There is another sky"
Emily Dickinson-1851
There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
Never mind faded forests, Austin,
Never mind silent fields -
Here is a little forest,
Whose leaf is ever green;
Here is a brighter garden,
Where not a frost has been;
In its unfading flowers
I hear the bright bee hum;
Prithee, my brother,
Into my garden come!
What is your interpretation of the poem "There is Another Sky"?
I believe the point she is trying to get across is, that there is plenty of great things in nature, that we overlook.
ReplyDelete- i believe that in this poem Emily Dickinson is trying to say there is more to life than just the negative side and you appreciate the little things in life instead of worrying so much about the bad
ReplyDeleteDoes the speaker need to be Emily herself? If not, I think the speaker may be someone inviting him (Austin) to join his or her world, perhaps heaven? Or, n a simpler level, perhaps she, Emily, is basically inviting him to see the world in a different perspective, one that he may be worth seeing?
ReplyDeleteMy interpertation of this poem is that it was an indirect message to Emily's brother to give him incouragement and to view life in a different way. I feel as if her brother was going in the wrong path and she was telling him, "Never mind faded forests, Austin, Never mind silent fields" but to look at the situation in a positive manner. She wanted to tell him to look beyond all that, and that she will protect him "into my garden". In reality, garden's is beautiful view of an arrangement of flowers and decorations and even though there might be a flaw or two in the garden, that garden is still marvelous and beautiful. Thats the same perspective she wanted her brother to view life; has flaws but is still beautiful. The poem had nothing to do with nature but everything to do with the obstacle's being faced in life. She was basically saying open your eyes, and see life for it's true protential.
ReplyDelete@ninilightskin I agree with what you said "more to life than just the negative side and you appreciate the little things". Many people today need to appreciate life for the little thing. In the poem, I think the Emily is the older sister trying to show her little brother the little things in his life and to just enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both @ninilightskin and @auhler, we over look so much in life and take the worst from many situations. Nature and life its self is taken for granted.
ReplyDeleteWOw .Chancey.. Your interpretation really amazed me. I can now see it in a different perspective, ironically, what you claim that Dickinson was suggesting.
ReplyDelete@Stahley. I just hope there comes a day that we forget how much we take life for granted.. If only we never did at all.
ReplyDeleteninilightskin WHo is this?
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