Emily Dickinson (1830-1836)
Emily Dickinson was an unforgettable writer and poet. She expressed her feelings, desire and thoughts with her work. Though she was isolated by the society she didn’t stop her passion of writing. She struggled for what she loved. Her intellectual and prolific content pleases us whenever we read them. Her poems included epigrammatic compression. The situation was not easy for her, but she opposed everything with her willpower. She was strong and bold, that’s why although she was neglected by the judging society, she is known by the world now.
Dear March, Come In
March is a season of spring which enters into our lives with blossoms and bliss. It ushers in a breath of fresh air and wisps of colour as it drives away the last remains of the cruel and rude winter. Emily Dickinson also had someone in her life as March, that is why she personified March as her nearest and dearest friend of that time. Who came in a blink of eye and went. In this poem she refers to Charles Wadsworth as March. Emily describes her life position with this poem. Her loneliness is highlighted here.
1st Stanza: In the first stanza we can find how Dickinson adores March and how precious he was in Dickinson’s life. She welcomes March and was elated and overjoyed by his presence. She expected that March would come before taking down his hat. This shows that she is expressing the style and personality of March. She is also admitting that March will be tired because he had a long journey. She also asked March whether he left his family to visit her. Then she greeted March to come upstairs, as she had so many things to share.
2nd Stanza: In the second stanza she expressed what was her condition in the absence of March, how she missed him. She said that she recieved March’s letter. The maples didn’t know that he was coming, but Emily declared them. Here she is referring to the rude society who couldn’t tolerate Emily. This shows the society’s cruelty towards the relationship between Emily and Wadsworth. Emily also apologized March for that the sweet memories gifted by March was fading and it became too small to live with as he took all the happiness and shades of purple with him, so there is nothing left to colour her life with. There was no happiness in her life. She was secluded and depressed.
3rd stanza: The third stanza is somewhat the ending of Emily’s and Wadsworth’s relationship. It talks about, how April entered there and disturbed there relationship. There was one year for April, but he stayed away, so now she don’t wants to get chased when she is occupied with someone else. Then she changes the tones, and tells that the small arguments between her and March were very small and unimportant, when March came. In these two lines she ends up with her actual feelings about March, ‘That blame is as dear as praise And praise as mere as blame’. She conveys that it’s tough to blame someone she loves than the other. But the blame she used for March was as dear and loved as praise and the praise was as small and unimportant as blame as soon as March leaves her.
This poem shows a range of emotions inside Emily Dickinson. It gives us a glimpse of her life, how alone she was, and how she lost her loved ones.
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English Literature 