Emily...big hoax?

This is my first time in this forum and I am in need of some guidance. I'm to write a 1-page paper on one of the following Emily Dickinson poems.


A Light exists in the Spring
A narrow fellow in the grass
Apparently with no surprise
As imperceptibly as grief
Because I could not stop for death
"Faith" is a fine intervention
I died for Beauty-but was scarce
I felt a funeral, in my brain
I heard a Fly buzz-when I died
I like a look of agony
I like to see it lap the miles
I never saw a moor
I taste liquor never brewed
It sifts from Leaden Sieves
Much madness is divinest Sense
One dignity delays for all
The last night that she lived
There is no Frigate like a book
There's a certain slant of light
There's been a death in the opposite house
There are the days when Birds come back
Twas warm-at first-like Us


I'm to note the theme of each, the similar subjects and viewpoints. I've read more than half of these and I'm totally confused. I was the same way with some of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novels, but after I read them over and over, I caught on. No such luck with these poems. I would appreciate a guide in the right direction; I just need a little guidance in understanding them.

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Originally Posted by “NANCY1982”

This is my first time in this forum and I am in need of some guidance.

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A big welcome to you then Nancy! :wave:

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Originally Posted by “NANCY1982”

I've read more than half of these and I'm totally confused.

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That makes a lot of sense to me. Have you read the subject title of this thread?

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Originally Posted by “NANCY1982”

I was the same way with some of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novels, but after I read them over and over, I caught on.

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Well, naturally. Hawthorne isn’t a gigantic fraud. :D

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Originally Posted by “NANCY1982”

I would appreciate a guide in the right direction;

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First I would ask you to open your mind and start thinking like a heroic iconoclast.

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Originally Posted by “NANCY1982”

I just need a little guidance in understanding them.

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The first step is a proper understanding of the word ‘hoax’. Do you have a dictionary handy? :D

Well thanks ShoutGrace, I guess I'm in the wrong thread.

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Originally Posted by “NANCY1982”

Well thanks ShoutGrace, I guess I'm in the wrong thread.

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It’s no problem at all. :D

Whether or not you’re in the wrong thread depends on your intentions . . . there is always time available between homework problems to participate in some enlightening defrauding activities.

I sent you a PM by the way. ;)