I have never seen “Volcanoes” (175)

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I have never seen "Volcanoes" (175) by Emily Dickinson

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This is one of several poems Dickinson wrote, in which volcano is a metaphor for powerful human emotions. The society in which she lived was patriarchal and oppressive. Its codes of behaviour required politeness and modesty. Passions — sexual, emotional, physical — were kept hidden. Dickinson cont...

I have never seen “Volcanoes” (175) Annotated

I have never seen "Volcanoes"—
But, when Travellers tell
How those old—phlegmatic mountains
Usually so still—

Bear within—appalling Ordnance,
Fire, and smoke, and gun,
Taking Villages for breakfast,
And appalling Men—

If the stillness is Volcanic
In the human face
When upon a pain Titanic
Features keep their place—

If at length the smouldering anguish
Will not overcome—
And the palpitating Vineyard
In the dust, be thrown?

If some loving Antiquary,
On Resumption Morn,
Will not cry with joy "Pompeii"!
To the Hills return!

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