Like most of Emily Dickinson's work, this poem is short and sweet. But over the decades she has proven that a poem does not need any words to have a poverful impact on the reader. Emily Dickinson has been known to be a recluse, to hide away in the confortable space of er room. This poem is rebellious and revolutionary, fighting for the night of people to be who they are. She doesn't want peopole to oppress a person for who they are, because it is impossible to hide. Once the news is out it makes a mess across "your cedar floor" (8) In this poem rhyme and rhythm are very important and also the literary elemnts of metaphores and personification. .
The ryhme scheme of this poem is abcb defe, making the second line and the fourth line rhyme in each stanza. The feet of this peom are mostly iambic, except for the first lines of each stanza. The last part of the first lines use amphibranch, where the loud syllable is in between two soft syllables. This provides a smoother flow within the poem. The meter of the peom depends on each line, so there is no unified meter. However, Dickinson uses the same number of feet for each stanza (7, 6, 8, 6), indicating a consistency throughout the poem. The rhythm of the poem flows as though playing a musical instrument. Her method of using the meters is consistent, thus giving the reader an impression of reading a song. Dickinson not only focused on the content of the poem, but she also emphasized on the flow of the poem.
Emily Dickinson uses vivid metaphores within this poem. Metaphors are used throughout the poem, and makes the poem somewhat mysterious so that the readers could interpret it differently. A what a person is and it's soul is renamed as fire by the author. She recognizes it as something that burns, that brings light and that is fragile. "A thing that can ignite can go, itself, without a fan" (2 and 3) After trying to keep a part of a person locked away, the flood of water would emerge from the confedments of the small drawer making a mess across "your cedar floor"(8), finally breaking free to spread the word, no matter the results.
