love poetry

Passion in Imagery in Dickinson 's Wild Nights

Emily Dickinson was famous for her poetry , considered nonconventional during her time . What separates her from the rest was her original treatment and reworking of popular materials . Although her poems are lyrical and her themes conventional , she was innovative in molding what she had to say , using concise words and witty metaphors . In Wild Nights - Wild Nights , Dickinson uses a central metaphor to evoke not only romance but also fiery passion in just three stanzas , and makes use of the dash to intensify the

emotions in the poem

Wild Nights at first appear as a traditional love poem because of its consistent structure and its internal rhyme . The wide spread use of alliteration and assonance (Wild Nights , futile , tonight thee , be luxury , sea ) and repetition (she repeats Wild Nights three times in the poem , and changes only one word in lines 7 and 8 : Done with the Compass - / Done with the Chart ) are conventional enough , as techniques to affect rhythm and melody . But what is most striking in this poem is the imagery . Dickinson 's choice of words suggest , even conjures , a powerful image in the reader 's mind . The line cuts are unique - instead of ending the lines according to normal flow of speech , she makes use of the dash making the poem refracted , giving an effect of breathlessness with the pauses

She begins her poem with saying that if the persona was with the beloved , the subject of...