Dickinson
....” She seems to be metaphorically comparing natural objects and places with the thoughts on heaven and God. Dickinson is making the idea of believing in God seem so simple. She seems to be saying that although she’s never seen a Moor or the Sea, she still knows what it looks like and knows it exists. Just like Christianity. Although she never talked with God or been to Heaven, she’s certain that it is real. The word “Never” is very powerful in this poem. It takes faith to believe in something or some place that you’ve never been to. Even though she’s never seen a Moor she knows how Heather looks. Perhaps she’s read about it in a book or something. There is an interesting format to this poem, where the second and forth lines in each stanza rhyme; whereas the first and third don’t. I enjoyed the simple certainty that Dickinson displays in this poem. After president Abraham Lincoln was murdered April 15, 1865, Walt Whitman wrote the poem "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd". It is o...