Dickinson’s poems are deep in meaning, each word reveals a deeper thought. Dickinson wrote about thoughts, and feelings. She had an incredible ability to describe these abstract subjects and turn them into images in our heads as we read each stanza in her poems. In order to understand a poem we must have some insight on the poet. Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst Massachusetts. She was born into a successful family with strong community ties. Despite their community ties Emily lived a reclusive and isolated life. As a result she never married or had many friends. This may be the reason why most of her poems are dark in mood. Some her poems also make reference to the church, afterlife and the heavenly. This may be due to the fact that as Emily attended church with her family. In the following lines I will interpret on of her poems. Like most of her poems this one has a dark mood describing …show more content…
Dickinson beings with, “I like the look of agony.” Agony is defined as the struggle preceding natural death, and in theology it is defined as the suffering of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. It is safe to say that many of us would disagree with Dickinson but in the second line we understand why she likes the look of agony. It is a true. In line three she says that men cannot simulate convulsion. Convulsion is defined as violent agitation. She concludes the first stanza by supporting the third line, men cannot simulate a throe. This first stanza is dark in mood. In the first line of the poem we may not agree with Dickinson. But as the stanza progresses I began to understand her reasoning and agree with her reasoning. Happiness, excitement, contempt can be pretended. But the look of agony and pain are looks that are hard to duplicate. Many times we see people and we can see the pain and struggle they are experiencing. Dickinson understood that pain and suffering where the most sincere feelings a person can