I Gave Myself To Him Comments

this I need concrete words none of this wishy washy.

it is very nice, she talks about the marriage in her time and explore the tradition of it.

........very nice, and most interesting theme ★

The poem revolves around the subject of love and marriage. First you must understand the traditions of marriage in the 19th century; they were mostly made out of convenience not love. Here dickinson is exploring the nature of mutual commitment and that until the promise has been made the 'value' of the transaction cannot be fully assessed. However, I do agree this is one of Dickinson's more lucid poems. The 'sweet debt' is the debt she pays to her husband (having sex) , but the oxymoron of 'sweet' is that she can may as well enjoy it.

Noo shes talking about giving herself to her husband, and as her pay she got him. then she talks about the rich saying it wasnt a great investment of her time, but shes saying yes it was its the sweet debt of life.

Is she talking about having prostituted herself?