The Lighted Window Comparison

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Desire-a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. Although it is a powerful feeling, desire can disappear, as soon as the want is fulfilled. Desire is created by the barrier, preventing one from reaching his or her destination. In both of these poems, “I had been hungry all these years” by Emily Dickinson, and “The Lighted Window” by Sara Teasdale, the theme of desire is shown. Dickinson and Teasdale both suggest that desire is no longer present once it is fulfilled, and that what is desired can be changed over time. “I had been hungry all these years” is an extended metaphor of hunger throughout the entire poem. Teasdale’s theme is emphasized through a flashback to childhood. “Hunger” is not the craving