, •
small explosion of desire • The image of boat at sea ~>
her own
•
imagines herself as both a sailor } a boat on smallness in proportion to the ocean of
a stormy sea , wishing desperately to be in the desire
'
port
'
of her love BUT ALSO her determination :
'
( an ) ' ' '
ing w/ strong sexual innuendo built into it the and chart give her
.
Compass a sense
-
poem presents passionate love as smtnng of drive to seek a known place }
paradoxical : both wild +
comforting ,
then be done w/searching
dangerous + secure •
In representing beloved as the port
Iv
she creates a feeling that the beloved is her home
Being w/ her love offers both a sense of
wildness + tranquility
final stanza
1
'
Sexual Passion
•
Begins exclaiming Wild Nights
-
'
Wild Nights ! as if looking out into a storm •
from wild nights of pre v. stanzas
,
•
She imagines how her experience of such nights
=
the spur transitions into a
quite diff .
'
'
transformed into '
luxury
'
if her beloved were w/ her .
image :
rowing in Eden
↳ sexual connotations in Dickinson's of
/
image perfection
time { of shameless sexuality
'
•
To be rowing in Eden ' then is to be on
,
a calmer + more blissful sea than the
•
Spur goes on to build a contrasting image of the one the spur =
pre v. shown
satisfied , passionate heart as a boat in port , beyond the
reach of the storms
>
creates a sense of simultaneous calm + wilderness
'
'
•
While the winds would still be blowing if she were •
poem closes on a passionate punch :
' '
safely harbored w/ her love
,
in thee = vivid sexual image
those winds = futile
,
unable to affect her in the •
The spkr is utterly caught up in her
of sexual consummation
way they do now imagining
she wishes for her beloved
small explosion of desire • The image of boat at sea ~>
her own
•
imagines herself as both a sailor } a boat on smallness in proportion to the ocean of
a stormy sea , wishing desperately to be in the desire
'
port
'
of her love BUT ALSO her determination :
'
( an ) ' ' '
ing w/ strong sexual innuendo built into it the and chart give her
.
Compass a sense
-
poem presents passionate love as smtnng of drive to seek a known place }
paradoxical : both wild +
comforting ,
then be done w/searching
dangerous + secure •
In representing beloved as the port
Iv
she creates a feeling that the beloved is her home
Being w/ her love offers both a sense of
wildness + tranquility
final stanza
1
'
Sexual Passion
•
Begins exclaiming Wild Nights
-
'
Wild Nights ! as if looking out into a storm •
from wild nights of pre v. stanzas
,
•
She imagines how her experience of such nights
=
the spur transitions into a
quite diff .
'
'
transformed into '
luxury
'
if her beloved were w/ her .
image :
rowing in Eden
↳ sexual connotations in Dickinson's of
/
image perfection
time { of shameless sexuality
'
•
To be rowing in Eden ' then is to be on
,
a calmer + more blissful sea than the
•
Spur goes on to build a contrasting image of the one the spur =
pre v. shown
satisfied , passionate heart as a boat in port , beyond the
reach of the storms
>
creates a sense of simultaneous calm + wilderness
'
'
•
While the winds would still be blowing if she were •
poem closes on a passionate punch :
' '
safely harbored w/ her love
,
in thee = vivid sexual image
those winds = futile
,
unable to affect her in the •
The spkr is utterly caught up in her
of sexual consummation
way they do now imagining
she wishes for her beloved
