Meaning of the Poem

The meaning of the poem is about death and " a better place"
When Emily quotes all of those lines such as: another sky, another sunshine, silent fields, little forests, brighter garden, and unfading flowers, it makes you want to think of heaven. Personally the poem IS talking about heaven and how there is a better place. I also think that Emily Dickenson is speaking to her brother, because she quotes his name , Austin, and at the very end she quotes " Prithee, my brother, into my garden, come!" That is what I think the poem means when I read it.

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Alliteration
-serene, sunshine
-faded forests
-frost, flowers
-bright bee

Rhythm

This poem is a free verse poem.
It includes:
-Approximate Rhyme
~Green, Been
~Hum, Come
-End Rhyme
~sky, sunshine
~fair, there
~forests, forest
~hum, come
-Repetition
~Never mind faded forests,
Never mind silent fields
~Here is a little forest
Whose leaf is ever green
Here is a brighter garden
~There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
and there is another sunshine

Imagery

Words that appeal to senses:
-serene and fair
-darkness
-faded forests
-silent fields
-little forest
-leaf is ever green
-brighter garden
-unfading flower
-bright bee

Tone

To me, the tone of the poem is calm and serene, thoughtful and inviting, and just natural.

Symbolism

I personally think that the whole poem is symbol of new life. :)

Figurative Language

Metaphors:
-There is another sky
-and there is another sunshine

Personification:
-faded forests
-silent fields
-little forest
-brighter garden
-unfading flowers
-I hear the bright bee hum