"Wild Nights! Wild Nights!" was one of the very first poems I have read that Emily Dickinson wrote. This poem shows a lot of passion and rapture that Dickinson wanted to express, and of course, her writing is the only way she truly expressed her feelings—physcially and emotionally. The following two lines from the poem shows Dickinson’s passionate dreams: “Wild nights should be, Our luxury!”
When I think of the word, “luxury,” I think of pure happiness or lust. I think this is why Dickinson used this certain wordage on purpose, of course, to furthur explain her passionate feelings.
You can take and critique this poem in several different ways. It’s a short poem, and each word has a significant but big meaning. The very first two lines in the poem: “Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee,” makes me think as if Dickinson is thinking about past pleasures. The narrator was riminiscing about her past love, perhaps.Last but not least, I think when Dickinson used the lines, “Ah! the sea!,” she used the sea as a passionate wording because many people think of the sea or the beach in particular just as being romantic. Like I mentioned earlier, this is a short poem, though, each word has a big meaning.
Over all, at first when I read this poem, I didn’t quite understand it. Once we talked about it in class, though, I grasped a better understanding of Dickinson’s writing type.
3 comments:
I completely agree that Dickinson puts a lot of meaning into this short poem. She really makes her feelings come alive and you can truly feel her passion in her words. I liked that she could say so much with such few lines. Great job!
I agree with you that this is a short poem with important meaning. The words she uses has important meaning behind them. To me it seems this poem is about one that can experience a wild night that can be fun depending on what the person is doing. I as well understood the poem better after we discussed it in class. Well done!
Like you, I felt alot better about this poem after we talked about it in class. I agree too that she was talking about a past love of hers, and a crazy night that they shared. It was a fun poem to read and talk about.
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