Comparison of Two Poems

Name Instructors’ name Course Date Comparison of Two Poems While reading Emily Dickinson's poems “Wild Nights, Wild Nights!” and “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,” one experiences a unique emotional landscape combining intensity and introspection. Scholars often argue about Dickinson’s distinctive style, which involves certain rhythms and sounds that are more musical and even artistic in some way, as well as spatial arrangements of words. Musicality and Sound Like in song, the rhythm and rhyme in Dickinson's poems are potent tools that appeal to the reader. In "Wild Nights, Wild Nights!" the repetitive exclamations of "Wild Nights!" encourage enthusiasm and urgency. It boasts a waltzing, melodious tone, compelling readers to peruse the lines with reverence and care. Another poetic technique that contributes to the piece's musically nostalgic tone is slant rhyme and various meters, which make it sound rhythmic and dissonant, as a song of sorrow. It also has a soft feel, with unruly and nights as examples of phonemes and pronunciation that evoke feelings of happiness or sadness. The poem "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" has a quieter beat, though it is no less musical in its prose. This slow, steady flow gives the reader time to dwell on the beauty of the picture used in the form of a snake appearing from the grass, adding the mystery and fear that tends to come with encountering some of the creatures in nature (Aumann). This tender vocabulary, 'narrow' and 'fellow,' makes the reader feel close to the speaker and acquainted with his or her shy but curious disposition. Rhythm and Space Dickinson's poems are characterized by irregular lineation and nontra...