‘You cannot put a Fire out’ is a short poem by Emily Dickinson, who wrote many short poems. Like many of her poems, it’s baffling – bordering on the cryptic – so a few words of analysis are necessary to (try to) penetrate the poem’s meaning. You cannot put a […]
‘Death is potential to that Man’ is one of many poems Emily Dickinson wrote about death – or Death, for the Grim Reaper lurks behind Dickinson’s trademark capitalisations. Here is ‘Death is potential to that Man’ along with some words of analysis. Death is potential to that Man Who dies […]
‘The Future never spoke –’: with these simple four words, Emily Dickinson begins one of her finest meditations on the unknowability of the future. Although ‘The Future never spoke’ does not present the challenges some of Dickinson’s more formidably cryptic poems pose, some words of analysis may nevertheless prove helpful. […]