Emily Dickinson

This poem is about Emily Dickinson's sister-in-law Susan. She lived with her sister Lavinia, "One Sister have I in our house" and she had a sister-in-law Susan, her brother Austin's wife, who lived next door, "one a hedge away". "There's only one recorded", Lavinia is her only biological sister. "But both belong to me", she considers Susan to be a sister too although they are actually sisters-in-law's.

A poem about death. Dickinson portrays death as her companion in the carriage. She passes her childhood - the school, to her grave.

In this poem, Dickinson uses a Metaphor, the bird, as a symbol for hope

A poem about emotional pain and grief, the body and minds reactions to terrible news.

A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period -- When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields T.......

A poem about birds from Emily Dickinson. Considered by many to be one of the best American Poets. What about this poem makes it a classic?

When the poem was published in the Springfield Daily Republican (Feb. 14, 1866), it was entitled "The Snake."

"Before the ice is in the pools, Before the skaters go, Or any cheek at nightfall Is tarnished by the snow, Before the fields have finished, .......