In class writing

Nature is what we see: 

"Nature" is what we see—

The Hill—the Afternoon—Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee—Nay—Nature is Heaven—Nature is what we hear—The Bobolink—the Sea—Thunder—the Cricket—Nay—Nature is Harmony—Nature is what we know—Yet have no art to say—So impotent Our Wisdom isTo her Simplicity. 

In this poem, there is only one stanza. It seems that there is only one sentence, because there is only one period, but actually, there are several sentences, if I divide it well. In my opinion, there are actually three sentences. One is the first four lines; second one starts from the fifth line and ends at the eighth line; the last sentence is the last four lines. Emily Dickinson was always following the poem forms. In this poem, it also follows a certain pattern. Every sentence starts with the form "Nature is what we...", and the following lines just unfold the idea. Also, this poem has several tones. Firstly, she used repetition at the beginning of the lines. The lines start with "Nature" and "Nay". Secondly, she rhymed a lot at the end of the lines, like "see", "Bumble bee", "Sea", "Harmony", and "Simplicity". This is kind of interesting. Also, she used dashes in this poem. There are not many poets use dashes to end their lines, but this is a significant thing for Emily Dickinson. The dashes are her special form. Consequently, Emily Dickinson always followed the forms of poems, like repetitions or rhymes, but she also had her own uniqueness, like the dashes. 

Obviously, the theme of this poem is "Nature". In this poem, Emily Dickinson also used metaphors. This is actually one of her traits. She always used metaphors in her poems. In this poem, she made nature which is immaterial become material, like squirrels, the sea, of hills. From the poem, we can see that the author believed nature is everything. She mentioned many little things in our life, such as hills, squirrels, bumble bees... She believed nature is beautiful, because it is hills, or eclipse.Nature is also melodious, because it is also bobolink, the sea, thunder and cricket. Also, she thought nature is great. Besides the little things, nature is also thunders, and sea. If people do not respect nature, it would roar. However, humans always think they are the smartest creature. They do not respect nature. They do not understand that even themselves are created by the nature.