wild nights

Emily Dickinsens Wild Nights

Emily Dickinson 1830-1836
Wild nights—Wild nights Wild nights—Wild Nights Were I with thee Wild Night should be Our Luxury! Futile—the Winds— To a Heart in port—Done with the Compass—
Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden—Ah, the Sea! Might I but moor – Tonight –
In Thee!An Explication of Emily Dickinson’s Wild Nights – Wild Nights
Most of Emily Dickinson’s poetry is depressing. She often talks of death and pain. The first quatrain gives me the impression she is longing for a wild night similar to one she spent before, perhaps with a lover. She then states that wild nights should
be our luxury. According to Webster’s Twenty-first Century Dictionary luxury is a great
comfort or pleasure. A rare experience that should be enjoyed (Fair 637) “Should be our luxury”, seems to say that the wild nights do not happen as often as she wishes. In the second quatrain she says “ Futile the winds to a heart in port”. She seems to...