I put off what I had planned for rmy post yesterday because I explored, instead, Dickinson’s use of the word “king” in light of the nation-wide No Kings protests. Now I’ve decided at the last minute to put it off again – because it’s Father’s Day! Oops – how could I have forgotten! ; )
Sooo…in how many different poems did Dickinson use the word “father”?
When you search the word on the online archive, 76 entries pop up, but that represents 30 poems. However, I suspect that in most if not all of those poems (and I did read through all 30 this morning), she was referring to a “Heavenly” father, not her father or some other individual’s father.
Sooo…in how many different poems did Dickinson use the word “father”?
When you search the word on the online archive, 76 entries pop up, but that represents 30 poems. However, I suspect that in most if not all of those poems (and I did read through all 30 this morning), she was referring to a “Heavenly” father, not her father or some other individual’s father.
| She even used the word “papa” in one poem, but even then she meant a “Heavenly Father”; the poem’s first line is “Papa above” (and discusses “thy Kingdom”). Dickinson did write about her father in some of her letters. In one letter to Thomas Wentworth HIgginson she said, “and Father, too busy with his Briefs - to notice what we do - He buys me many Books - but begs me not to rcad thcm-because he fears they joggle the Mind.” LOL – I suspect she read every single one of them! |  |
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