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Who Is Emily Dickinson's Writing On Human Depictions Of The Natural World?
Nebeyatt Betre
October 27, 2014
CAS EN120 A1
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Sense Versus Sensibility: Dickinson's Writing on Human Depictions of the Natural World
Emily Dickinson conveys a variety of representations of the world, and the human depiction of the natural world. In two of her poems, Dickinson contrasts different ways in which the human ideal interpretations of the world differ from the reality. With "'Faith' is a fine invention" Dickinson portrays Faith as something that is made from man himself. Her poem begs the question of whether humanity sees Faith as a metaphysical factor in their lives, created independently from the likes of men, or something humanity created for its own use. Different from that question, yet still referring to the same theme, is her other poem, "A Bird, came down the …show more content…
Dickinson's poems share a theme of the romanticization versus the reality of nature although they contrast in their differing overall messages. She represents in her poetry what humans romantically sense as nature and the natural world while allowing her readers to ponder upon the sensibility found in the analyzing of the works.
"'Faith' is a fine Invention", though it was only four lines, elaborately discusses a depiction of a metaphysical factor in the natural world such as Faith. Although it is not the typical image that comes to mind when people discuss nature, Faith is an aspect of it that Dickinson explores. In her work, Dickinson analogizes Faith to a microscope and delves into the human interpretation of nature and science. Dickinson declares that "'Faith is a fine invention" (Dickinson 1) whereas "Microscopes are prudent" (Dickinson 3). This comparison of what is fine versus what is prudent comes across as quite contradictory, as obviously microscopes are an invention, while Faith is a natural emotion,
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