tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post8688490259566872921..comments2024-03-27T11:02:20.107-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: Why – do they shut Me out of Heaven?Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-79839551896700224102023-03-26T15:09:22.271-07:002023-03-26T15:09:22.271-07:00One of ED’s signature skills is her knack for writ...One of ED’s signature skills is her knack for writing multipurpose poems, as if she foresaw each of her fans searching for our own interpretation 150 years later. “The Queen of Ambiguity”, I call her; “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.” ED and Sue assigned Enobarbus’s description of Shakespeare’s Cleopatra to Sue, but whom do we fans fawn over now?Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-67429014608060520732022-10-30T04:45:54.859-07:002022-10-30T04:45:54.859-07:00I read this as Dickinson criticizing Christianity ...I read this as Dickinson criticizing Christianity for not allowing her or giving her space to question things. When she says: “Did I sing”, I interpreted this as she putting her emotions out there, and the “too loud” as in when you question something, it is always going to be interpreted as “loud” by the person or thing that does not want to be questioned. The “White Robe” I saw as Jesus. At the end my takeaway of the poem was Dickinson questioning: What kind of Heaven is this where the door to enter is sentineled by these people (Christians at her time)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-8970611194430234612022-03-06T10:10:31.106-08:002022-03-06T10:10:31.106-08:00I can see both interpretations, although I side wi...I can see both interpretations, although I side with our hosts former take. In that regard, I like she refers to Austin and Sue as angels, which I'm sure they were not.<br /><br />The latter has its points too, but I do not see ED asking to allow her to write poetry again, but to accept what she has written already. Also if she were the gentleman in the white robe, or any robe, she would have a better chance of being accepted and published.<br /><br />But no, I like your take, Susan, better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725261030659667439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-87883208806421686092013-12-18T16:19:35.414-08:002013-12-18T16:19:35.414-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418862034167633224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-90979653234627607252013-07-11T07:55:07.247-07:002013-07-11T07:55:07.247-07:00Ruth Miller has an interpretation that is somewhat...Ruth Miller has an interpretation that is somewhat compatible with yours. She finds the poem to equate Eden with song (or, in this context, poetry). So perhaps the poet is suggesting that God and editors and angels be a bit more sympathetic to poets knocking and singing at the door.Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-47983795931322981142013-07-11T02:28:19.561-07:002013-07-11T02:28:19.561-07:00I read this poem very differently. I think she me...I read this poem very differently. I think she meant some form of comparison to take place between the way it is interpreted above and my interpretation--but I can't say for sure.<br /><br />I read it as saying "why is it so hard to compose poetry (Why - do they shut me out of Heaven?)" I thought this way when you compare this poem to "They shut me up in prose" and "The Bumble of a Bee-" The second poem in particular lends support as the "Bee-" is the artist or source of inspiration. Also, are the angels upset at her composing "He - Doesn't - Weary." Despite her troubles, she'll compose a small poem, a minor one, and this time will be timid (not anger angels with things they might not like).<br /><br />The second stanza pleads with the angels to let her in again and compose poetry. If the roles were reversed, and she were the dude in the "White Robe" (her words), could she keep young souls (children-little Hands) that knocked at her door? Could, I, heaven forbid! She'd be taking them away from earth.Zefirinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826052577521342639noreply@blogger.com