Journal 27

Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems to the tune of "Amazing Grace" and other hymns this is very significant because this shows that she was spiritual and not just an isolate crazy lady. The spiritual songs that she choose and having them fit with her poems of the nature and the connection of the Earth and the beauty in nature. The songs talk about the beauty of things in nature and how things can be better. Emily Dickinson believed in the spiritual world but not in human nature. She was Christian and this is another factor that contributed to the use of "Amazing Grace" and other spiritually related songs. Emily Dickinson lived her life more for the spiritual angle of life and not so much among the rest of the human world. She did not like the real world because they were full of opinions and were not the best people in the world. Emily Dickinson liked the purity of religion but she also questioned some of her beliefs. The nice part of Emily Dickinson's poems having a song to go along with them is that it makes the song more easily to relate and speak later on. Emily Dickinson struggled with her views and this influenced some of her poems and the ideas that she expressed to help her understand her opinions and get her feelings out. Emily Dickinson worked hard on her poetry and made them fit the songs, which is extremely hard working and showed that the song was important to her and she would not have worked so hard to fit the poem to a song if it was not important. Emily Dickinson struggled with beliefs and religion is a hard subject to understand because it is based on faith and not real things. The struggle with religion is one of the hardest decisions and idea that people struggle with. Emily Dickinson discusses this idea of religion in her poetry and her unsure thoughts on religion.