The Brain—is wider than the Sky— Themes

"The Brain—is wider than the Sky—" is all about the human brain. Which, you know, figures. The speaker is basically saying that our ability to imagine and accumulate new knowledge is the best t...

Nature is a major theme in many of Dickinson's poems, and "The Brain—is wider than the Sky—" is no exception. We get references to the wide-open sky, the deep blue sea, and God, who the speaker...

Though it's widely known that Emily Dickinson didn't exactly jive with the Christian powers-that-be of her day, it's also known that she considered herself a spiritual person. In poem after poem, w...