Analyzing Quotes by Emily Dickinson

1. "Forever is composed of nows."
2. "That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."
3. "If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
4. "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry."
5. "This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me."
6. "Saying nothing sometimes says the most."
7. "I dwell in possibility..."
8. "Nature is a haunted house--but Art-- is a house that tries to be haunted."
9. "Parting is all we know of Heaven,/and all we need of Hell."
10. "I have been bent and broken, but -I hope- into a better shape."
11. "in this short life/that only last ah hour/how much-how little-is/within our power."
12. "Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon."
13. "To shut your eyes is to travel."
14. "open me carefully."
15. "Till I loved I liked enough." 

1. I like this one, it is saying that every moment you live through is part of forever. It makes me think that in the grand scheme of things every moment counts.
2. I'm not sure of what exactly "it" refers to, however the way in which the quote is written suggests that "it" is something bad which is why the fact that "it" will never come again makes life so sweet.
3. This quote has a mood displaying regret or determination/ I can imagine that Emily has had her heat broken many times before which is why if she can prevent even one person from the same fate she will feel as if her life has not been wasted.
4. Poetry is supposed to invoke emotion and move the reader so if a piece of literature is able to do these things you can be sure that it is poetry. Emily uses a hyperbole when she says, "my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me," to reinforce her point.
5. Emily is showing resentment towards a world that she feels is unloving. The way she wrote the quote, the sapppiness is apparent. this is reinforced by diction such as "never" and "to me".
6. Silence forces the mind to think for itself. When the mind is let loose a person comes up with their own interpretation for what is trying to be, or needs to be, said. Therefore by one person saying nothing it forces the other to think, or say, the most.