Will There Really Be A Morning - Emily Dickinson's Poem Summary

Today we are going to see a quick summary of Emily Dickinson's poem WILL THERE REALLY BE A MORNING.

Emily Dickinson was not a feminist poet. She was a nature lover. She wrote about the beauty of nature. Unlike Keats, Emily Dickinson often portrayed the simplicity of nature. She used simple symbolisms and a simple language to depict the simplicity of nature. Only seven of her poems were published in her lifetime. Her poems were discovered by her sister.

Her poem, Will There Really Be A Morning describes another casual thing from the nature. Here is the full text of the poem..

Will there really be a "Morning"?
Is there such a thing as "Day"?
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they?

Has it feet like Water lilies?
Has it feathers like a Bird?
Is it brought from famous countries
Of which I have never heard?

Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor!
Oh some Wise Men from the skies!
Please to tell a little Pilgrim
Where the place called "Morning" lies!

Emily Dickinson spent most of her time in her bedroom. She observed everything through her window. She was lonely always. In this poem, Dickinson wrote about Morning. She personified morning as a person. She gave human qualities to the morning time. She asked how the morning would be and where it could be find. She also asked how tall it would be.

She was asking about Morning's physical appearance. She questioned about how his/her feet would be. She asked where would it be come from. It might be contained feathers or might not be. She asked sailors, well learned scholars, wise men and pilgrims to tell where it was living.

In this poem, morning may indicates love. Emily Dickinson spends her life alone. She was not much loved by others. So she asks questions about the love. Sometimes, Morning can be interpreted as a bright day. Some people says that she is looking for a good thing to be happened.