Thursday, June 23, 2022

"Each Life Converges to some Centre" by Emily Dickinson

 

Each Life Converges to some Centre


Each Life Converges to some Centre --

Expressed -- or still --

Exists in every Human Nature

A Goal --

 

Embodied scarcely to itself -- it may be --

Too fair

For Credibility's presumption

To mar --

 

Adored with caution -- as a Brittle Heaven --

To reach

Were hopeless, as the Rainbow's Raiment

To touch --

 

Yet persevered toward -- sure -- for the Distance --

How high --

Unto the Saint's slow diligence --

The Sky --

 

Ungained -- it may be -- by a Life's low Venture --

But then --

Eternity enable the endeavoring

Again.



Enjoy the poem with beautiful music.


poem video👇

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Who wrote the poem "Each Life Converges to some Centre"?


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet who was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She spent most of her adult life at the family home in isolation, attending to her ill mother. Introverted and timid, she never married or sought a permanent romantic relationship all her life. Although she wrote nearly 1,800 poems during her lifetime, her poetry was largely misunderstood or underrated while she was alive. Her poems were quite original and disregarded many conventional rules, containing short lines, typically lacking titles, and often using imperfect rhyme and odd-looking syntax. Her poetry however captures universal feelings in a simple sentence with unique but resonating metaphors and reflects the poet’s lively, imaginative, and dynamic inner world. Her poetic genius began to be appreciated only after her death when her sister published her works. Now Dickinson is regarded as one of the most important American poets.



"Each Life Converges to some Centre" explanation


The speaker in the poem mystically describes the soul’s journey from the spiritual world to the physical world. Some believe the poem is about the relationship between one’s life and the central goal, with possible religious nuances. Others believe the poem alludes to the concept of reincarnation.


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