Wild nights—Wild nights!
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"Wild nights—Wild nights!" is a brief, intensely passionate lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that explores longing, desire, and spiritual or emotional union through maritime imagery.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
love poem
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lyric poem → poem → |
| author |
Emily Dickinson
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| authorNationality |
American
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| editorOfFirstBookPublication |
Mabel Loomis Todd
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson → |
| firstPublicationStatus |
posthumous
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| form |
short lyric
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| genre |
lyric poetry
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| hasCanonicalStatus |
frequently studied in Dickinson scholarship
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widely anthologized → |
| hasNotablePhrase |
Ah! the sea!
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Rowing in Eden → |
| imageryType |
maritime imagery
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nautical imagery → |
| language |
English
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| lineCountApproximate |
12
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| literaryMovement |
American poetry
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| literaryPeriod |
19th-century literature
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| meter |
common meter variation
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| openingLine |
Wild nights—Wild nights!
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| publicationCollection |
Poems by Emily Dickinson
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| publicationYear |
1891
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| rhetoricalDevice |
exclamation
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metaphor → paradox → repetition → |
| settingImagery |
Eden
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port → sea → |
| subjectOf |
feminist literary analysis
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literary criticism → queer theory analysis → religious interpretation → |
| theme |
desire
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emotional union → erotic passion → imagined fulfillment → longing → spiritual union → transcendence → |
| tone |
ecstatic
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intense → passionate → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Emily Dickinson
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notableWork |