Trying to research this poem and find any critiques - can't find any...Where should I try next?

Let's take a look at the poem:

Poem 348

(Robin) by Emily Dickinson




I dreaded that first Robin, so,
But He is mastered, now,
I'm some accustomed to Him grown,
He hurts a little, though

I thought if I could only live
Till that first Shout got by
Not all Pianos in the Woods
Had power to mangle me

I dared not meet the Daffodils
For fear their Yellow Gown
Would pierce me with a fashion
So foreign to my own

I wished the Grass would hurry
So when 'twas time to see
He'd be too tall, the tallest one
Could stretch to look at me

I could not bear the Bees should come,
I wished they'd stay away
In those dim countries where they go,
What word had they, for me?

They're here, though; not a creature failed
No Blossom stayed away
In gentle deference to me
The Queen of Calvary

Each one salutes me, as he goes,
And I, my childish Plumes,
Lift, in bereaved acknowledgement
Of their unthinking Drums

Les

can't find any...Where should I try next?


Perhaps you could write your own.


Begin by examining the work as in the following contexts:

1. Theme
2. Language
3. Meter
4. Meaning both connotative and denotative
5. Effect on the reader


Les

Well, the first robin is spring, right? She was withdrawing from burgeoning life, I would think. The Queen of Calvary could be a religious reference, but could just symbolize suffering. Life, being rich and full was frightening to her, but she got over it?

I could read some sexual meanings into it, deflowering the virgin, sure, but I do that with most poems.