Okay, so I need to analyze this poem and I've tried but somehow i don't think my understanding goes into great depth, it just states the obvious. I always seem to have a hard time expressing what goes through my head while reading poetry. It slightly confuses me because I know there is always much much more than one way to look at it and everyone see's it differently. If anyone wants to throw opinions or ideas of what this poem means to them or how they interpret it I'd be so thankful!!
The Mystery of Pain
Emily Dickinson
Pain has an element of blank;
It cannot recollect
When it began, or if there were
A day when it was not.
It has no future but itself,
Its infinite realms contain
Its past, enlightened to perceive
New periods of pain.
-she personifies the pain "recollect", or "perceive"
-i am not exactly sure what she means by blank, does she mean pain emotionally leaves you feeling empty or that its not as tough to endure at times...a little confused as you can see by my rambling on.
-pain remembers the past, and warns of future pains lines 3 & 7/8
