Nature
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"Nature, the gentlest mother,
Impatient of no child,
The feeblest or the waywardness,
Her admonition mild"
Emily Dickinson
Dickinson's poetry reflects her personal individualism and her reaction against conformity. She never wrote a long poem, but because she said much in very few words, her works are very intense and concentrated.
Emily Dickinson believed that people needed to understand nature before they could begin to comprehend humanity, because humanity was just a part of nature. Unlike many others, she felt that nature was beautiful and must be understood. She has written poems about every aspect of nature: weather, animals, flowers, Mother Nature, seasons, and the sun and moon.
When discussing these themes, she followed her rebellious tendencies, and broke away from traditional forms of writing. She wrote with an intense energy and complexity never seen before, and rarely seen today. She was a rarity not only because of her poetry but because she was one of the first female pioneers into the field of poetry. Her poetry reflects her emotions and struggles to understand life.
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church;
I keep it staying at home,
With a bobolike for a chorister,
With an orchard for a dome...