Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Does "Precious Words" by Emily Dickinson suggest that a special set of circumstances is required to evoke delight? "Precious Words" by Emily...

One could certainly suggest that Emily Dickinson is
suggesting "that a special set of circumstances is required to evoke delight" in the
poem "Precious Words."


That being said, one could also
justify that the special circumstances, as stated in the poem, are only relevant if the
person is facing similar circumstances as the man depicted in the
poem.


While one would like to see the first being more true
than the second, one must first be willing to admit to the power of religion and
God/god. Without this, one could not read the poem and universalize the specific set of
circumstances, as noted in the poem, as being circumstances which work for
them.

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