Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Compare and contrast this poem to Dickinson's "The Brain is wider than the Sky," which is also all about the power of the human mind.
- What do you think is the speaker's idea of a peaceful afterlife? What makes you say so?
- What Transcendentalist themes are found in this poem? How does it differ from pure Transcendentalist works?
- Write a response to this poem in prose that makes a case for prose being better than poetry.
- If the speaker has a playlist called "Faves," what would be the most played songs? Why those songs in particular?