Emily Dickinson Poems

"Forever is composed of now's"
   Emily is saying that every future moment will be a present moment which is now and forever will always be now and now is then

"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet"
   This poem means that believing what had happened will never in life come to you again and it would be the best because you won't have to experience it again.

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain"
  Means that if Emily will not focus on her past because if she does her life and heart will dwell the meaning of breaking one's heart

"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry
  Which means that Emily has found a poetry with emotions and it's thoughts, that relates to her that made her body feel what the meaning was about

"This is my letter to the world That never wrote me"
  This poem means that she was writing her thoughts and feelings to the world,  but the world never wrote to her about their letter and how they felt and didn't acknowledge her feelings.

"Saying nothing sometimes says the most"
 Means that saying things can always lead to confusing but saying nothing leads you to power because of silence and nothing just doesn't mean anything.

"I dwell in possibility"
 Is a deep power that someone live in,  and have a possibility in life and that no matter what occurs it will be possible for them to accomplish something

"Nature is a haunted house-- but -- Art is a house that tries to be haunted"
  Nature is evil but only by a few and art is a way of making nature haunted because art is a way of speaking of nature existence and how it is.

"Parting is all we know of Heaven, and all we need of He'll
  A hopeless thought that was thought of leaving the world and wondering whether the soul will go to Heaven or He'll.

"I have been bent and broken, but I hope into a better shape"
  Which means that she been broken into ways that she doesn't like but she hope it shapes her into a better person because of the way she was broken

"in this short life that only lasts  ah hour how much -how little -is within our power"
  During life how much can someone take and how much power do they have to get through things that's occurring, and being at the breaking point wondering how long will it last

"Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon"
  When things happen for the first time it doesn't always go good and things tends to turn out wrong for the first time,  since it's the first time it doesn't goes as planned

"To shut your eyes is to travel"
  Exploring your mind that helps you unlock a deeper thinking and it leads you through a passage to a imagination

"Open me carefully"
  It's the understanding of Emily life with her overcoming things and letting people open up to her or her opening up to them

"Till I loved I never liked enough"
 Emily loved but no one seemed to like her enough, she feels as if she loved to much and nobody loved her as she loved them, and that she loved everyone enough but they like her as much

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