Received: from mgmt.utoronto.ca (fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca [128.100.43.253]) by mail3.texas.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA23061 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 11:00:25 -0600 (CST) Received: by mgmt.utoronto.ca (5.65v3.2/1.1.10.7/26Jan98-0432AM) id AA21307; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 11:58:06 -0500 From: LouisFors@aol.com Message-Id: Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 11:57:57 EST To: emweb@fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: # 1116 X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 49 Sender: owner-emweb@fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca Precedence: bulk Reply-To: emweb@fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part0_887561878_boundary" X-UIDL: 17bfe4951a8f026a1f8e52aef6156710 Jeannette: Your original post is attached as a "forward." I don't know how to do it otherwise. In the second stanza, where Dickinson is speaking of "...another Loneliness/That many die without-," read the first line aloud, carefully, pausing with the commas. One reading that could result is that some die without knowledge of nature, some die without knowledge of thought. That reading is bolstered by Dickinson's deep appreciation of nature, and her uncommon ability to think. There are always many other interpretations, of course. Dickinson seldom lets us off with one interpretation. If you have a moment, could you give a little more information about the class you are in, and what your teacher expects from posting on this email list? As a long-retired teacher, it seems to me an interesting learning procedure because it reaches far outside your classroom. But I would also want my students to share responses they got from emwebbers. And, do you have an opportunity in your school to communicate by email with classmates while working on a project such as you have posed here? Louis Forsdale Return-Path: Received: from relay13.mail.aol.com (relay13.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.13]) by air09.mail.aol.com (v38.1) with SMTP; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 16:52:54 -0500 Received: from mgmt.utoronto.ca (fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca [128.100.43.253]) by relay13.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id QAA13942; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 16:52:36 -0500 (EST) Received: by mgmt.utoronto.ca (5.65v3.2/1.1.10.7/26Jan98-0432AM) id AA24063; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 16:52:19 -0500 Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:51:33 -1000 Message-Id: To: emweb@fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca From: Jeannette Laramee Sender: owner-emweb@fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca Precedence: bulk Reply-To: emweb@fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I am a High school senior in AP English Comp and as an assignment we have been asked to analyze a poem by Emily Dickinson and post it on Emweb. The poem I have selected is #1116. I would appreciate any responses you have. 1116 There is another Loneliness That many die without- Not want of friend occasions it Or circumstance of Lot But nature, sometimes, sometimes thought And whoso it befall Is richer than could be revealed By mortal numeral- In Dickinson's poem she talks about Loneliness, which is typical for her to do because Loneliness is an abstract noun. In her poem she says there is another loneliness, not the kind of loneliness that we usually think about. It is not loneliness from "want of friend" or from the "circumstance of Lot" (Abraham's nephew who escaped from the doomed city of Sodem. When his wife stopped to look back she was turned into a pillar of salt.) The loneliness Dickinson speaks of is not caused by being apart from human touch or losing someone you love. I am unsure of what exactly the loneliness Dickinson speaks of is. However she does reveal that it is not possible for most people to comprehend this kind of loneliness because mortal beings are limited to a certain number of years of living. "Is richer than could be revealed/ By mortal numeral