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The most obvious repetition in this poem was the last line of each stanza which always read, "But, what of that?" (2566). What this does is to ask a question about the significance of the other lines in each stanza. I think what she means by this is why does it all matter, or why does everything play out like it does. I see this as her questing why the world works as it does, and what is the deeper meaning behind it. She concludes the poem by saying that in heaven her questions will be answered, but, given her limited exposure to grander plan, still expresses curiosity about what this will do.

-435
I noticed a contrast between the words madness and sense, and assent and demur. I think what the first contrast does is to put into question the definition these two words, and calls attention to the fact that the meanings of these words are entirely objective to who you ask. What the second pair of contrasting words does is to show the nature of society, and how people who giving dissenting opinions or partake in unconventional behavior are often received as dangerous and their opinions are suppressed. I think what she means by this is that too often people's ideas are put down just because the contradict the majority, and that we should be more open to new ideas.

-822
In this poem I thought the words discovery and identity, while not really opposing each other but representing more of an evolution of the self, were especially important to the poem. What these words do is to show how Emily believes people discover their identity while on their path to finding peace with God. In the poem she often refers to the consciousness making this journey alone as if to say that we only truly find ourselves when we have been removed from the influence of our, "Neighbors and the sun" (2584).

-670
The words that were most repeated in this poem were ones that had to do with spaces, like corridors, interior, place, apartment, and door. I think what this repetition does is to emphasize how we are trapped in our minds, and specifically in this poem how we can be held captive by our minds. What this means is that Emily views the mind's "assassin" as a more serious threat than our external enemies. Specifically she refers to our tendency to ignore our own reason and act out in self destructive ways.

-632
I noticed two words that were very similar in meaning in this poem. Contain and absorb were both used to describe the ability of our brains to take in the world around us, and how the mind is more expansive than the physical world. What Emily means by this is that when God gave us reason, he gave us the ability to rationalize nature. She talks about how our brain is the weight of God, and I got from this that she meant it was also our connection to God.

-937
The two words that contrasted each other the most in this poem were split and join. I think what this poem is talking about is how our mind tries to sort out and make sense of conflicting information or lies. She talks about how she felt her mind was split but couldn't join it together again. To me this represents the mind's struggle to resist manipulation, and how it is often hard to do this when pieces of the truth are concealed from us.

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