Emily Dickinson's 'Volcanoes Be In Sicily'

In the poem, “Volcanoes be in Sicily”, Emily Dickinson demonstrates her own meaning and understanding of geography. Emily Dickinson is known for her unusual yet thought provoking poems. This poem does not contain repeated words and phrases, except volcanoes, however that doesn’t contribute to the structure of the poem. It does not contain any alliteration and assonance. This poem is written in open form, because it doesn’t follow any rhyme or any kind of structural pattern. All of lines are short, however that characteristic isn’t significant enough in the poem for it to be considered a closed form poem. In this poem, geography could be considered a symbol, because even though Dickinson hasn’t been to Sicily and South America, she’s describing those place through her own interpretation of Geography. Geography in this poem could symbolize her imagination of the vast world that she has only

This poem follows an ABBA rhythm, by the ending words in each line: sea, rim, him, and me. Hence, it is written in a closed form, because there is a certain limitation and structure in the poem and its lines. There isn’t one consistent meter present throughout the poem. Robert Browning makes good use of symbols throughout the poem. One of those symbols is “sun.” Sun plays a huge role and meaning in this poem, because it is the cause of the morning that is taking place. The sun represents and brings a new and happy day for the person as it projects a path of gold in the morning. “Parting at Morning” can be considered an allegory because of all the personifications it contains. The allegory in this case would be the fact that the in the poem man (human) is considered to be one with nature. The poem contains an allusion which is world of men. It refers to other people and basically the human civilization/population outside the speaker and his