Human Soul
Without knowing it, Dickinson might have predicted what Franco Cambi wrote in his essay. It is very cheap to travel through books, because books "bear" the Human Soul.
Human Soul
Without knowing it, Dickinson might have predicted what Franco Cambi wrote in his essay. It is very cheap to travel through books, because books "bear" the Human Soul.
Poetry
I love that Dickinson capitalized Poetry, for many reasons. Isn't Poetry a place to go to when one's reality is too much to bear?A gentle pat on one's shoulder? A tender caress on one's cheek?
Page
A Page is a fundamental part of a Book, so the previous note about the Book still stands.
Lands
Lands are collective places and imaginary places, but, if we think about it, when we travel to somewhere different than our birthplace or place of residence, aren't they unknown places that let us discover ourselves more?
Book
The Book is one of the main characters of cultural places. Books are places where culture nourishes one's soul and helps one's soul to develop. Think about these poems, are they not changing your perspective?
Heaven
Heaven might also be considered a spiritual place, but Franco Cambi never mentions it in his essay as this, in my opinion, is a different topic altogether.
Dome
The Dome is also a spiritual place, but, as previously said in the other annotations, there is no need to go there, because her Home is as good as, or even better than, a Church or a Dome.
Orchard
This is also a personal place that stands also as a spiritual place from Dickinson's point of view.
Home
This is considered a personal place, but, in this case, she finds his spiritual place in a personal place as she believes that there is no need to go to church in order to pray, praying God can also be done at home by praying with sincerity.
Church
The Church is the perfect spiritual place, in this place, through the soul, one connects with God and in the silence of a prayer, the soul speaks and is nourished with and by God.
Gate
The Gate is more like a liminal space, so this place does not count.
Door
Emily Dickinson treats her soul as if it were a building with doors, and I personally believe that, to be specific, the door belongs with a house. Aren't our souls houses that store who we really are?
Society
Society is clearly a collective place, but in this case Dickinson wants to personally select what is the Society that can walk through the door of her soul.
Soul
The Soul is the quintessential place of the soul, a personal place that, in this poem, shuts the door to the collective places on the outside. The Soul is the place that is nourished, cherished, and where all the developing of the self takes place.
sea
Surprisingly, the second natural place mentioned is not capitalized. Yet, she also compares this place to the Brain.
Sky
The Sky is the first natural place mentioned. Dickinson uses this place in order to compare it to the Brain.
Brain
The capitalized words by Emily Dickinson are not a coincidence. The Brain is the first "place" identified.
God
Can God be considered a place? Not sure, but praying to God might be a personal place where one is in a conversation with Him, a moment of reflection that nourishes one's soul.