ften a critique of certain members of her society. While this poem is longer than the other poems discussed, it too is able to express the quality of brevity and lightness in that it's composition is full of dashes, with even full sentences broken into short, quick actions that easily roll off of the tongue when spoken aloud (How dreary - to be - Somebody). The technical composition of this poem is two stanzas, however, Dickinson is able to refresh the form with her use of dashes and short words to give it energy and liveliness. The poem Some Keep the Sabbat Going to Church, is the longest poem discussed in this essay, composed of three stanzas. When comparing her humorous poems to the other poems found in this collection, it is found that these poems are the shortest in length. They are also composed in stanzas, which is not found in all Dickinson's poem. It might be that in the attempt to keep the nature (if not the subject matter) of the poems light-hearted, Dickinson purposely chose this traditional and un-challenging form. In Some..., Dickinson again turns to humor and irony to address issues she has with the conventions of religion common to her society, as seen in "Faith".... Dickinson questions the sincerity of those who attend Church on Sunday on a regular basis. Through the use of comparing the conventions of Church (such as the Bell, the Sermon, Dome and Choir) with her own celebration of the Sabbat through the appreciation of nature, Dickinson ironically suggests that those in attendance at Church may not be as sincere in their worship as she is. The poetess' mocks the congregations attendance as being merely for show and to gain status in the community by doing what is expected of them (God preaches, a noted Clergyman). As well, she argues with the assumption that attending church alone will lead towards salvation, suggesting that it is her own actions of finding God in Nature (And an Orchard, for a Dome) on a regular, cons...
