“I Had Been Hungry, All The Years”
discusses the differences between dreams and reality. Emily Dickinson, the writer, does this by using symbolism and other language throughout the poem. It forms an effective picture despite what the reader chooses as the “Curious Wine”.
In the first stanza Dickinson set the conditions of the dream becoming reality. She uses “hungry” to show an intense want or desire for an unobtainable item. By placing “all the Years” after “hungry” she gives the sense that this isn’t hungry as in I want food for lunch but a longer hunger which has spanned a long time. ....
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