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This poem, for once, is not about death. Emily Dickinson is talking about praying and about God. This poem is very cool because at first, she is praying, but then stopps to think about how divine, poewerful, and great God is. A lot of people- even in school when we pray before every class- don't really take the time to actually stop and think about their prayers and about God. It's as if praying has merely just become a daily routine. In this poem, though, Dickinson is really thinking about God and how our lives are affected by Him every day. She is discribing how powerful, kind, and awesome God is to us- especially when we're praying to him because we're basically talking directlyu to him and he's listening! In conclusion, I liked this poem because it was a refreshing change of pace from all of Dickinson's other poems about death and images of sadness. It was nice to read about something like God and religion for a change. 1204160901

I agree, for once Emily is not talking about death, I actually find this poem very different from all her others. It doesn’t talk about death, it doesn’t have darkness in it and I don’t really believe it describing a individual experience like a bird coming down the walk. No, this poem is different; there is something nice about this poem. I don’t believe Emily is stopping in the middle of the pray but I do think she is looking back at being a child (I prayed, at first, a little Girl,) and praying. She is looking at how she put no thought in it like many of us do at school. She is addressing her old questions and wonders about God throughout the poem. I believe she is saying that some of those question and ideas still baffle her today(That baffled me —The mingled side Of his Divinity) and she is saying that once she thinks she has the balance right of her understanding the religion it tips and she is thrown off by some other event that makes her think differently. I find to have this same problem, I learn something new everyday about God that changes my view and understanding of him. 1204672424