Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- What is the effect of Dickson's signature use of long dash marks and capitalized words in this poem? Is it just random, or does is seem to have a point? How can you tell?
- What does the rhyme scheme of the poem help the poet to emphasize?
- Compare and contrast this poem to another by Dickinson like "Because I could not stop for Death" or "There is no Frigate like a Book"."
- How does the alternating meter of the poem affect it?
- What do you think is the speaker's stance on organized religion? What makes you say so?