I+Died+For+Beauty

I Died For Beauty- Emily Dickinson
I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room.

He questioned softly why I failed? "For beauty," I replied. "And I for truth,--the two are one; We brethren are," he said.

And so, as kinsmen met a night, We talked between the rooms, Until the moss had reached our lips, And covered up our names.

I found this poem on the internet and thought it was very interesting. Yet again, Dickinsion is talking about death, but whatever- she seems to always talk about this particular subject. It's odd, but I guess she liked the topic. Anyways, the reason I chose to put this poem on the wiki was because i thought that it was important. First of all, I like the fact that she is dead but she can still somehow talk to the dead body buried next to her- and he/she can hear and talk back to her. The reason I believe that this poem is important is because the dead body next to her says that beauty and truth go together hand-in-hand. I find this very truthful because you can't hide lies behind a pound of makeup. You can't hide the truth of a person's expressions by trying to cover them up with makeup- which is said to make a person look more beautiful. This is a very good lesson for people because you should never hide things or make up lies to people. That is not the way to live. That's why I think that those two lines are very important for everyone to read. 1204246352

I have noticed as well that Dickinson talks quite often about death. I don't think that she liked it as much as she just had so much to say about death because of the impact it had on her life. I think that this poem is so cool. I'm not sure if this is right but i think that both of these people are dead in tombs in rooms next to each other talking?! ha I think it's about how people can die for all different types of things; wheater it be beauty or truth, we end up in the same place. Beauty and turth go hand and hand because the truth in people is what brings out the beauty in them. If you lie about things, people won't want to be around you because of a not so good personality, but if you are truthful about things, people will see you as having a great personality that will bring out the beauty in others.1204489705ape2