apriciation the poem there is another sky
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The poem ‘There is another sky’ is written by Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson is America’s one of the greatest and most original poets of all time. ‘There is another sky’ is an inspirational poem. It is an pertrarchan sonnet of fourteen lines consisting of two stanzas – an octave of eight lines and a sestet of six lines. Through this poem, the poet addresses her younger brother, Austin, and urges him to return home. Home is depicted here as an another world, a garden, an ideal place.
The first stanza tells about the ‘other’ place and in the second stanza the poet urges her brother to return to this place. The poem emphasizes the serenity, peace and happiness surrounding one’s home. At the centre of the poem is the special sibling bond.
The theme of the poem is that happiness and gloom are the two sides of life and each one has to focus on what one desires. The lines of the poem are short and the language is simple. The poet has used inversion, hyperbole, onomatopoeia and alliteration. The poem is philosophical in nature and the tone of the poem is encouraging and pleading.
The message of the poem is that one should not get affected by trials and tribulations of life. I like this poem for its universal appeal. Anybody can relate to the genuine emotions and feelings involved in this poem. The poem is like a call of return to one’s sibling who are profoundly missed.
There is another sky
Explanation:-
- There is another sky written by Emily Dickinson.
- It is a sonnet consisting of fourteen lines. This is part of the letter that Emily Dickinson wrote asking her younger brother to return home. It can be said that poetry is philosophical in nature. The tone of the poem is encouraging, inspiring and pleading.
- This is a call for a loved one to return home - to happiness and peace.
- The poem begins with the line - 'There is another sky' in which the poet is referring to 'heaven', figuratively referring to his home.
- She describes its beauty by telling us that this place glows in the dark, its sunshine, the forests are green throughout the year and the 'garden' is a pleasant place amidst the colorful flowers where the bees hum. The beauty of all this seems real and does not belong to the physical world in which we live.
- Thus, she tells her brother to ignore the faded forests and silent areas of the real world, such as gloom and emptiness, and visit him instead.
- This garden full of happiness and love. At a higher level it is understood that the poet is actually talking about his 'home' through the lines of the poem. In the end, she begs her brother to return home to this heavenly place.
- Poetry attracts readers as it draws emotional strings by awakening the feeling of longing for one's home.