'Arcturus' Is His Other Name Comments

5 Stars. TOP Marks! And to MyFavourites. CONGRATS to the family of the late poetess being chosen as The Classic Poem by Poem Hunter and Team

THREE: The poem also touches on the idea of change and how scientific advancements can alter our perception of the world. Dickinson laments the loss of a more mystical and personal connection to nature, replaced by scientific classification and analysis.

TWO: the world with a more innocent, childlike wonder. She expresses a preference for the simplicity and beauty of nature over the analytical and often cold perspective of science.

This poem explores themes of science versus nature, innocence versus knowledge, and the passage of time.Dickinson contrasts the scientific approach to understanding

nice peom

Man has interfered with and altered the sanity of things beyond measure to suit his convenience. Yet, he needs the Father in the skies to remain unchanged and lift him up like a little kid, when his journey ends. Wonderful poem!

What a great pome this is. I liked so much.

This is a great masterpiece of a great poetess.

Arcturus is the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes,36 light-years from Earth. I find it lovely that she writes about such a star :) Nice personification too

Nice work like this poem

I started with a read of Books. But couldn't finish that Trip. So I tried some stories Short. The Suspect gave me the Slip. Now that I am retired and Old It's Poetry that makes me Snort. Really.

I don't think this is one of her better poems, simply because you don't have to work very much to understand it. Images and metaphors are obvious,

the last few lines are so darkly comedic, a great poem

She is wrong about Heaven being charted. If Heaven is anywhere it is beyond science to chart. If science is at odds with religion where does it come from - the Devil? Is discovery God's work or Satan's. I think the last two verses are a bit twee.

In the battle between - carrying on the tradition of Religion and the existence of God and embracing Agnostic theology as scientific discoveries, which in her thoughts failed neither to prove nor disprove his existence. I could've swore this poem was written yesterday, what an amazing piece. Pardon my modest comment I am just an infant to poetry

And I think that she was not totally convinced about an existence of god! Zenith gave this away! But still was hedging her bets as science cannot disprove nor prove it!

I see this a a timeless piece, that could have been written today. Pearl means pearly gates? She has studied gods good earth and oh the life she has sacrificed to understand it. She is not old fashioned but inquisitive. Kids of our age are often too wrapped up in technology to notice or care for it! This his how this has stood as timeless for me!

I respect this great writer and i am thankful to get a membership at poem hunter to look at these all poems which give me true confidence

Scientific matter expressed in poetry is not so interesting usually! But this poem is an exception in this regard!

Always interesting to read her poems and try to understand the mysterious, solitairy life that was. She expressed so much on paper studying the outside world from her window of imagination. Of course she wasn't always behind that glass... anyway u rock ED