"The Brain is Wider than the Sky"

Poem Review # 113743

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Literature > Poetry

A review of the poem "The Brain is Wider than the Sky" by Emily Dickenson.

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Paper Summary:

The paper looks at how Emily Dickenson compares the brain to the sky, sea and God in her poem "The Brain is Wider than the Sky". The paper analyzes the stanzas and lines in order to reveal the author's intent in creating a mental image in the readers' mind.

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"Why is the brain more knowledgeable than this paper? The brain can contain this paper and all of the ideas on it. Emily Dickenson wrote the poem "[The Brain - is wider than the Sky]" in 1862. In this work she makes statements about the brain and compares it to unexpected objects: the sky, sea, and God. The poem is in standard Dickenson format, with three stanzas of four lines each. In each stanza a new comparison is made. Imagery plays a lead role in the construction of this poem, in that it presents the reader with thorough descriptions of the poem's context. In deconstructing the stanzas and lines, many details can be revealed about the author's intent in creating a mental image in the readers' mind."

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"The Brain is Wider than the Sky" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 08, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Poem-Review-The-Brain-is-Wider-than-the-Sky/113743