The poem “Dare you see a soul at the white heat?” by Emily Dickinson is a poem that explains how that those who are resilient and strong show certain traits during difficult times. The first stanza explains that there are different kinds of “ores”, and some of these ores burn a normal red flame when put into the blacksmith’s forge. However, some of these special ores create a certain, special light. The second stanza explains that these special ores have qualities that pleases the flame, which allows the flame to create such vivid and different lights. These lights set these special ores apart from the usual, red flamed ores. It is said that these ores are allowing a blaze a color that is not usual. The third stanza explains that the blacksmith
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In the first stanza, the lines and words are set up to pose as if the ore is someone or something special, someone capable of showing their talents and their individuality through showing a special flame. Also, the use of the word “soul” in the first line helps cement this, as the ore is within the heat, generating vivid colors, those that stand out from the usual red tint of light. The second stanza uses a specific word, “unanointed”, which I believe that in the context of the different kinds of ores, shows that these special ores have shown a different path from those with a red tint, and are therefore not bathed, or by the definition of “anointed”, means that they are not ceremonially selected to be bathed in the red tint, and are a product of a special rite of passage, a special kind of anointment. Not much is meant to be said about the third stanza, but in the fourth stanza in the last line, it is said that those designated colorful flames repudiate their forge, which implies that the blacksmith would work the forge until the flames held a grudge against it, something that I could infer of someone who had their glory stolen, someone who could shine so brightly and uniquely that someone who had simply highlighted such a talent then steals the glory from that who shines that way, and they are so displeased by such an action that they resent that brutal challenge
In the first stanza, the lines and words are set up to pose as if the ore is someone or something special, someone capable of showing their talents and their individuality through showing a special flame. Also, the use of the word “soul” in the first line helps cement this, as the ore is within the heat, generating vivid colors, those that stand out from the usual red tint of light. The second stanza uses a specific word, “unanointed”, which I believe that in the context of the different kinds of ores, shows that these special ores have shown a different path from those with a red tint, and are therefore not bathed, or by the definition of “anointed”, means that they are not ceremonially selected to be bathed in the red tint, and are a product of a special rite of passage, a special kind of anointment. Not much is meant to be said about the third stanza, but in the fourth stanza in the last line, it is said that those designated colorful flames repudiate their forge, which implies that the blacksmith would work the forge until the flames held a grudge against it, something that I could infer of someone who had their glory stolen, someone who could shine so brightly and uniquely that someone who had simply highlighted such a talent then steals the glory from that who shines that way, and they are so displeased by such an action that they resent that brutal challenge