Emily Dickinson xD

3. “Poets often withhold certitude, which can at the same time empower readers to think creatively.” Consider the works of at least two poets you have studied in which ambiguity has enabled readers to reach their own conclusions about meaning and implications.

• Well Emily Dickinson has definitely used ambiguity (the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.)  in her poems. I have read a few but one that stuck out to me the most was the poem she wrote about sunrises. The reason it stuck out to me was because of the way she wrote and because of how sensitive it was. Emily Dickinson puts a lot of meaningful things in her poems and her word choices made it quite emotional. She rarely uses full sentences, which makes it a lot easier to understand and read, but she also uses a lot of similes and comparisons which in my opinion are key to a good poem was interesting. Emily Dickinson has more than one way to describe the sunrise. In her poem she says “A Ribbon at a time – The steeples swam in Amethyst. The news, like Squirrels, ran – The Hills untied their Bonnets…..” To me it seems as if she sees the sunset as the start of a new day (which makes sense). All of these things, help the reader to explore their own views. Emily Dickinson never says “This is what a sunrise should look like” no, she gives the reader the opportunity to imagine, and create their own views. I am not sure if this answered the question correctly but I wrote down what I could.