I choose Emily Dickinson's poem "I had no time to hate," because the title just really drew me in. I like the fact that the poem is short and sweet and gets right to the point. Mainly she is saying that life is too short to hate. She has no time for hate in her life (Dickinson, Emily). She also talks about love and how she has no time to love, but she makes time. Her words are really powerful in this poem for how short it is. Basically, she just does not want to spend her life hating, but spend it loving.I feel like the love in her story is a spur of the moment type thing. The poem starts out a little depressing and I think that it is about death. It sounds like a speech that is preparing her to die and she does not want to die with enemies or hating people. In the end though, she did not find love, but love found her. The poem is very inspiring. The love that found her and her love for poetry is what ultimately saved her. The tone of this story though changes and you can tell the change of mood in her words once she starts to become happier. She said "was large enough for me" which meant that the love that she found was just enough for her.
I find Emily Dickinson's poem is like the views of Emerson and Thoreau because they were against violence and were at peace with themselves and their decisions. In this poem, Emily is at peace. She decides that she wants to love and not hate. So, I think that she has the same views on violence and just wants things to be alright in the world. Emerson and Thoreau had a lot of passion behind their words and so does Emily Dickinson. She states that the toil of love is big enough for her (Dickinson, Emily), which means basically she is willing to work to love others.
Dickinson, Emily. "No Time to Hate." Short Poems. Web. 08 Mar. 2012. <http://www.shortpoems.org/emily_dickinson/no_time_to_hate.html>.
Courtney: Thank you for your analysis. Let me ask you this: Are you suggesting that Emily Dickinson's love consisted only of her love of poetry? I think that she did have love for poetry; but in addition to that, she meant the kind of love that occurs with a relationship. I also think that, in an elliptical way, she says that that kind of love is "toil" and will never have the effect of lasting long enough; because, though most love ends while alive, there is also the grave to hinder something that might seem to have eternity.
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