Poem XVIL by Emily Dickinson :: Poetry

Poem XVILEven though this poem is only cardinal very short paragraphs, it has a very strong meaning loafer it that piece of tail be explained easily. What this poem is saying is that even through Dickinson has never seen the ocean, ever prayed to God, or ever gone to church, she can still depend what the waves look like on the ocean, rolling over each other all day and all night. She can also imagine what its like to be one of idols people, having a great and loving society with him. What shes saying is that she doesnt need to SEE something with her own eye to know the general idea of what it does. She can plain look at a painting of the ocean to see what the waves look like. Or ripple to one of gods people to figure out how they felt about having god in their lives. Even though she doesnt experience things first hand, she can use her common sense to exact in the gaps of what she doesnt know. putting green sense is one of the big things that makes this poem American. We, a s Americans, are forever face for that back door, that easy way out, a way to turn out a few steps to get to the finish. We will try to doctor the car or computer ourselves before looking at the study manual that tells us exactly how to do it, thinking it may turn in us some time. We use our common sense. We believe that we can fill in the gaps with what we already know. Are we right in not looking at the instruction manual first? Sometimes But sometimes we will only make it worse. Many people or ideas in America have become miss-understood because no one wants to look deeper into it, and they simply go along with what the bandwagon says about that person or those ideas.