ture that will lead to the path of redemption. The humor in this poem is not as explicit as in the other poems discussed, nor is the irony as directly expressed as in "Success is Counted Sweetest". The reader can sense Dickinson's sarcasm in the opening lines of "Some Keep the Sabbath going to Church" - / I keep it staying home, and will react to its most definitive form in the closing lines of So instead of getting to Heaven, at last Im going, all along. While the descriptive are humorous, Dickinson appears to be confessing her own individual, private communion with God to the reader. Thus she does not emphasize the humor in the comparison of the objects in order not to trivialize her own beliefs, but instead allows enough humor to enter the description to emphasize the poem with the child-like free spiritedness.Dickinson was a poet highly skilled in the use of humor and irony and she effectively used these tools in her poetry to stress a point or idea. However, her frustration, bitterness and independence are felt through the expressive lines of her poetry while at the same time concealing her concerns in a light-hearted and irreverent tone. Emily Dickens's works contain deep emotion and her words will continue to amaze those that have the privilege of reading them. ...
