Saturday, October 19, 2013

i would like an analysis of emily dickinson's poem " she sweeps with many- colored brooms", what does purple symbolize in this poem? what does...

The speaker in this poem is talking to a "housewife in the
evening west" - symbolically, talking to the on-coming sunset as it sweeps (with
"many-colored brooms") across the sky from east to west. As the colors of the sunset
progress across the sky and are reflected in a pond, the speaker comments on the
changing spectacle. Purple in the sky and reflected in the water may simply describe one
of the colors of the sunset. Historically, purple was reserved for royalty or very
wealthy individuals, so the speaker may also be considering that someone responsible for
cleaning the evening sky must be very powerful. In the same way, amber and emerald green
may identify other colors seen in the surroundings or may refer to the wealth of natural
riches being observed.

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