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In the poem, "The Wind -- tapped like a tired man--," Emily Dickinson talks about a widow and their husband who had died. Before the spirit arrived it seemed as if the widow had felt insecure and scared. The widow would have strange encounters with their husband's spirit. The spirit was haunting her in a way that made her feel more safe, emotionally stronger, and more secure. The widow welcomed the spirit into the house. The spirit made her feel comfortable. The lesson of the poem I think is that many people think that all spirits are evil but most are comforting, for example, a friends spirit such as in this one, or the Holy Spirit.

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This poems is another great comparison by Emily Dickonson. She comparesthe wind to a man and herself as a host of a big house. the whole poem is about how the wind enters the house and all of the things it doies while the wind is in the house and when the wind leaves the house it is just as quick and with out a thought. It describes the things that happen during the winds time in the house such as all the sound it makes and the things it touches. 1205240329

This poem uses the wind to take the place of " a spirit". She believes that this spirit is her dead husband coming to be with her. She seems quite welcome to this fact. I think this is wierd, i cannot be open to the thought of dead people's souls flying into my window. If this happened to me i would shut the window and keep them out. Realistically, i dont think that there was a real spirit visiting the woman, rather their is something that sparked her memory of her husband. mme

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The Wind — tapped like a tired Man — And like a Host — "Come in" I boldly answered — entered then My Residence within

A Rapid — footless Guest — To offer whom a Chair Were as impossible as hand A Sofa to the Air —

No Bone had He to bind Him — His Speech was like the Push Of numerous Humming Birds at once From a superior Bush —

His Countenance — a Billow — His Fingers, as He passed Let go a music — as of tunes Blown tremulous in Glass —

He visited — still flitting — Then like a timid Man Again, He tapped — 'twas flurriedly — And I became alone — This is my favorite poem that we've read so far this year. I thought it was kind of humorous and wasn't as gloomy as some of Dickinson's other poems. I love the second stanza where it talks about offering a footless guest a chair. It just lightened the mood and added some fun. In the first stanza when she sets up the comparison that the rest of the poem depends on and she does it really well. One of the things I enjoyed the most about the poemwas in the third stanza with a mix of the alliteration and how Dickinson makes you think with the humming birds section. It's good to have a fun poem that still makes people think about what's going on because it helps keep them interested in what's going on.1205377121