Why Do I Love You?

Emily Dickinson's "'Why do I love' You, Sir?"

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When I am very upset about something, you always listen to my complaints and try to comfort me.

But when my anger has died down, you offer me advice on how I can handle things better the next time. How you upload pictures or put statuses up on facebook about us even when your friends tease you. How my parents always say nice things about you and know that you are the perfect guy for their dearest daughter.

When I first met you I looked into your heart. I knew you were the one and we would have a great start. You love my light and my shadow. Even though we are different, you never try to change me. You learned to say I love you in 10 different languages just for me. You promise to build a treehouse with me so that I have a cozy and quiet place to be whenever I want to.

That's the best reasons why I love you. Do you have any reasons or ideas to fill in here? Please do share with us in the comment section. Please Log In or add your name and email to post the comment. When I am with you, I can be myself. You have such a beautiful smile and that smile makes me happy all day.

I love the way you look at me and how it makes me feel peaceful and loved. The way you walk, talk, smile or laugh, or even cry, just melt my heart. We are independent individuals, yet when we are together, we are inseparable.

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No matter how others see me, you make me feel special. You put up with my moodiness and all other imperfections. I love you because you treat my family right. I love how you wrap your arms around me and how that makes me feel secure. How you always give me surprises.

Introduction

You always give me your honest opinion. How you keep little mementos of everything we have done. Even when you are angry, or gloomy you are still adorable. The way you hold me like you never want to let me go. I love your passion for your hobbies and interests. How you would stroke my fingers when we hold hands. Your sense of humor always light up my day. You say silly and cute things to make me laugh. How you kiss my forehead when you leave for work every day. Edna Pickett's sophomore English class, circa Johnson restored her poems to the originals as found in the bundles of poem written in her own handwriting.

Thus, the reader must be aware that Dickinson might have been persuaded to alter some of her quirks for publication, if she had been assured that her meaning would not be changed but instead made clearer by the changes. The odd punctuation of this poem, especially the first line, is an example of a Dickinsonian quirk which, no doubt, would have been altered by an editor after close consultation with the poet.

Readers cannot know for certain what significance that odd punctuation might have had for Dickinson; therefore, modern readers must simply omit the quotation marks as they begin the poem. The poem features four stanzas; the first two are innovative cinquains, the third is an innovative sestet, and the fourth is a Dickinsonian quatrain.

The speaker of Dickinson's oddly punctuated poem uses logic to demonstrate the reasoning that leads the created soul to love for its Creator. The speaker seems to be talking to God, calling Him "Sir," and questioning Him as to why she loves Him. However, in order to completely respond to this amazing mystery, the speaker finds it necessary to compare her feelings with phenomena of nature. She decides to compare her love to the act of love the grass possesses. The grass simply cannot prevent itself from undergoing its waving motion after the wind has blown through it.

The speaker's love for her Creator God is just simply natural. There can be no questioning it. Of course, she will continue to question and answer. That's just the way she rolls! In the second stanza , the speaker avers that God as Father, and Christ, along with all she knows about anything, hold the "Wisdom" motivating the love in the soul of the created children for their Creator. Nothing more is necessary, because everything is enfolded in that love and wisdom. In the third stanza, the speaker returns to describing phenomena of nature to explicate the "why": The eye will stop to ask why as it closes from the onslaught of light's brilliance.

Intimately coalescing occurrences do not motivate one to ask why. Or it is so obvious that no one has ever in history bothered to question it. The speaker is nevertheless still aware that human minds crave reasons for things and events. The love of God, for this speaker, remains quite uncomplicated: As the Creator creates, the speaker loves. To her mind, only the completely daft can question the logic of loving one's Creator.

Emily Dickinson did not provide titles to her 1, poems; therefore, each poem's first line becomes the title. Emily Dickinson remains one of the most fascinating and widely researched poets in America. Much speculation abounds regarding some of the most known facts about her. For example, after the age of seventeen, she remained fairly cloistered in her father's home, rarely moving from the house beyond the front gate. Yet she produced some of the wisest, deepest poetry ever created anywhere at any time.

Regardless of Emily's personal reasons for living nun-like, readers have found much to admire, enjoy, and appreciate about her poems. Though they often baffle upon first encounter, they reward readers mightily who stay with each poem and dig out the nuggets of golden wisdom. Emily was the second child of three: Austin, her older brother who was born April 16, , and Lavinia, her younger sister, born February 28, Emily died on May 15, Emily's New England heritage was strong and included her paternal grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, who was one of the founders of Amherst College.

Emily's father was a lawyer and also was elected to and served one term in the state legislature ; later between and , he served one term in the U. House of Representative as a representative of Massachusetts. Emily attended the primary grades in a one room school until being sent to Amherst Academy, which became Amherst College. The school took pride in offering college level course in the sciences from astronomy to zoology.

Emily enjoyed school, and her poems testify to the skill with which she mastered her academic lessons.

"Why Do I Love" You, Sir? - Poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily remained at the seminary for only one year. Much speculation has been offered regarding Emily's early departure from formal education, from the atmosphere of religiosity of the school to the simple fact that the seminary offered nothing new for the sharp minded Emily to learn.

She seemed quite content to leave in order to stay home. Likely her reclusiveness was beginning, and she felt the need to control her own learning and schedule her own life activities.

As a stay-at-home daughter in 19th century New England, Emily was expected to take on her share of domestic duties, including housework, likely to help prepare said daughters for handling their own homes after marriage. Possibly, Emily was convinced that her life would not be the traditional one of wife, mother, and householder; she has even stated as much: God keep me from what they call households.

In this householder-in-training position, Emily especially disdained the role a host to the many guests that her father's community service required of his family. She found such entertaining mind-boggling, and all that time spent with others meant less time for her own creative efforts. By this time in her life, Emily was discovering the joy of soul-discovery through her art. Although many have speculated that her dismissal of the current religious metaphor landed her in the atheist camp, Emily's poems testify to a deep spiritual awareness that far exceeds the religious rhetoric of the period.

In fact, Emily was likely discovering that her intuition about all things spiritual demonstrated an intellect that far exceeded any of her family's and compatriots' intelligence.

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