In order to fully understand Emily Dickinson’s poetry, it is imperative to look at her background as an author. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. …show more content…
One part of the poem where personification is used to depict nature as full of imperfections is when Dickinson introduces the snowflake. As said in the poem, “A Travelling Flake of Snow Across a Barn or through a Rut Debates if it will go” (Dickinson 680). The snowflake, in this case, is shown to have the human-like characteristic of being indecisive. While snowflakes are clearly inanimate objects and, therefore, do not have the conscious ability to make decisions, Dickinson shows that as snowflakes fall from the sky, they are unable to choose where they land just as humans do not always get to choose their path in life. In this case, the personification used here portrays the connection between humans and nature. The audience is reminded that nature, just like humans, isn’t always certain of its decisions or what will happen