Monday, September 29, 2014

"I can wade Grief" by Emily Dickinson

"I can wade Grief" by Emily Dickinson
Published 1955
 
I enjoy reading Emily Dickinson's poems.  I chose "I can wade Grief" because I feel it is powerful.  It exemplifies how grief can be used as a strength to overcome and succeed.  The central theme focuses on how grief can be utilized as an empowering mechanism and strength. The poem begins with a metaphor,

"I can wade Grief, whole pools of it"  

We know that pools are not full of grief.  Dickinson is portraying her ability to handle a great deal of grief emotionally.  She then states that joy actually causes her to fall and uses the symbol of the new liquor as her joy.  She states,
"And I tip - drunken -let no pebble - smile - 'twas the new liquor - that was all!"
The literary element of personification is used as a pebble which cannot actually smile.  She is giving attribution from human characteristics to an innate object.  The last verse in the poem states,

 "power is only pain - stranded, thro' discipline, till weights - will hang - give balm - to giants - and they'll wilt - like men - give Himmaleh - they'll carry - him"  


Dickinson is stating that power is earned through pain and discipline.  Weights will hang and giving balm to giants will make them weak.  She uses a simile in the sentence referencing giants to men.  Lastly, she says, give them mountains and they will carry him.  She is stating that hardships and overcoming grief is what gives us our greatest strengths.   "I can wade grief" is an excellent title that explicates the power and strength the writer has over grief.  Emily Dickinson dealt with grief in many aspects of her life including taking care of her ill mother. "Scholars speculated that she suffered from conditions such as agoraphobia, depression and/or anxiety" (http://www.biography.com/people/emily-dickinson-9274190#writing-and-influences.)  Her experiences led her to write the poem.

The poem ultimately states that through grief we can become empowered and utilize it as our greatest strength.
 
 



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