the morning dew The bees or butterflies drink from the flower s nectar for a short time and then stop Unlike them the poet wants to drink forever Her love for nature has no limit She says nbsp I shall but drink the more nbsp She will keep on enjoying the beauty of nature even when the insects are done This is pure joy Nature becomes a world of celebration Dickinson shows that simple things like air dew flowers and summer make a person feel free and alive This poem proves Dickinson s Romantic side where nature brings joy and happiness nbsp Calm and Thoughtful Nature In Because I Could Not Stop for Death Dickinson s response to nature becomes softer and more thoughtful Nature does not give joy here instead it helps tell the story of life and death In this poem she takes a slow carriage ride with Death Death behaves like a polite gentleman As they move together nature appears She writes nbsp We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain We passed the Setting Sun nbsp First they pass a school where children play This scene shows childhood Then they pass fields of gazing grain This suggests the vitality of adulthood Finally they pass the setting sun which feels like the last stage of life nbsp Nature is calm and beautiful in these scenes but it also feels serious The sun going down reminds us that human life also comes to an end Even her clothes cannot protect her from the cold evening dew By the time they reach the grave which looks like a Swelling of the Ground nature becomes a quiet symbol of eternity nbsp In this poem nature is not joyful It is gentle mysterious and eternal This shows Dickinson's thoughtful and melancholic side where nature becomes a partner to death and spiritual journey nbsp Dark and Disturbing Nature I Felt a Funeral in My Brain written in shows the darkest side of Dickinson s nature response Here we do not see outside nature The poem focuses on her inner mind But Dickinson still uses natural images like sound space and silence These images create a disturbing atmosphere nbsp The story feels like nature turning frightening The Service like a Drum beats like thunder inside her head The Boots of Lead move heavily as if crushing her soul Soon all of heaven the sky becomes a huge Bell and she becomes an Ear It shows how overwhelming the world feels This nature shows the mental collapse of the poet In the end she loses her sense of reason and drops down and down This melancholy and fear show Dickinson s modern side Nature becomes a symbol of mental collapse and deep sadness nbsp All Shades of Human Feeling In the first poem nature is a joyful drink In the second nature is a calm guide toward eternity In the third nature becomes a frightening echo of the mind s suffering Through these shifts Dickinson shows all shades of human feeling happiness peace fear and loneliness nbsp To sum up Emily Dickinson s nature poems move through many emotions She celebrates nature s beauty She also shows deep sadness and fear These different moods prove that Dickinson is a special nature poet one who sees both the joy and the melancholy hidden inside the natural world