Explanation

Line 1-4

There is another sky,

Ever serene and fair,

And there is another sunshine,

Though it be darkness there;

 

In the first four lines of ‘There is another sky,’ the speaker suggests that there is “another sky” in addition to the sky that the listener is already familiar with. Under this sky, everything is serene and fair.

Another sunshine even though it’s darkness there. While writing, she can create her world where everything stays as she originally depicted it and is not subject to the ravages (damages and destructions) of time.

Line 5-8

Never mind faded forests, Austin,

Never mind silent fields -

Here is a little forest,

Whose leaf is ever green;

 

In the next four lines, she addresses her brother, Austin. She asks him to ignore the faded forests and the silent fields of the physical world. Rather, he should come to the little forest that she has created under the new sky. There, the leaf is evergreen. This is an indication that life is endless in this other world, nothing can touch it. This is emphasized further in the next paragraph.

Line 9-14

Here is a brighter garden,

Where not a frost has been;

In its unfading flowers

I hear the bright bee hum:

Prithee, my brother,

Into my garden come!

 

The speaker continues to describe her garden in these lines, she uses the word brighter to compare the world she has created to the one that everyone lives in physically. It is a place where there never has been, nor will there be a frost.

The flowers are unfading they live forever without ever losing their beauty. There are other forms of life as well, such as the bright bee.

The poet asks her brother Austin and calls her by his nickname “Prithee”, to come to her garden. There he won’t have to be concerned with the dangers of the real world that is aging, or change.

Conclusion

The poem ends with “Into my garden come!” sending out an invitation to her brother and reminding him that their home will always be his home. It is an invitation sent to her brother, Austin, to come back home.

 

Critical Appreciation

About the Poem, Poet and Title :- 

The name of the poem is “There is another sky”. It is written by a famous American poetess Emily Dickinson. Her poems are very motivational and highly philosophical about life. Her poems are characterized by simple and short lines.

The poem is highly motivational and philosophical about life. In the poem, the poet is communicating with her brother Austin and pleads with him come to home back. She encourages her brother that there are always other opportunities, options, places, and choices in your life so; don’t be get depressed in your life if you face any difficulties or failures. She pleads to return home. Here are so many things to do in your life. There is another sky the title of the poem is a metaphor itself. The sky is indirectly compared with choices, opportunities, places, etc. it means in our life there are always other (second) options to do.

Theme / Summary / Gist of the Poem : -

There is another Sky is an inspirational poem. Poet motivates her brother to not get depressed under any worst situation because there is always another option in your life, there is another opportunity to take, there is another place to go where you feel the peaceful and fair atmosphere ever. Poet suggests that always be optimistic in our lives.

 

Poetic Style / Language, Poetic devices :-

It is a Petrarchan sonnet that consists of fourteen lines with octave and sestet. The language of the poem is simple and short. It has only two stanzas, the first stanza consists of eight lines and the second stanza consists of six lines. In the poem, the poet has used a number of devices to express her inner feelings as well as poetic effects with Alliteration, metaphor, personification, antithesis, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, inversion, etc.

 

Message / values / Morals of the Poem : –

The poem has an optimistic tone. Poet suggests that always be optimistic in life. Life is full of challenges; one should face the challenges with a positive attitude. Don’t be upset or regret under any worst situation, there is another good option to choose, there is another opportunity in your life and there is another sky.

 

Your opinion about the poem: -

I am really impressed and inspired by reading this poem. I understood the importance of life and always being optimistic in our life, whether any difficulty, problem, or worst situation will come in our life do not get depressed, upset, or regret. We should live in hopefulness that there is another opportunity, choice, or place in our life. There is another sky in our life.

 

Global Understanding

What are the sad and gloomy aspects of life in the poem?

Faded forests, silent fields,darkness

The poet is addressing to whom?

Her younger brother named Austin.

 

Vocabulary/Poetic Devices

Write the antonyms of the following words.

Turbulent – serene

Bright – faded

 

Give a pair of rhyming words from the poem.

Fair-there

 

Write down the similar meaning proverbs :

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Ans.  All’s well that ends well.

He who falls today may rise tomorrow.

Blessings in disguise.

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Interpretation/Analysis

Make a list of expressions in the poem that mean encouragement.

Brighter garden, not a frost has been, bright bee hum, unfading flowers.

 

Use the following words to make meaningful sentences.

1. Unfading  2. Prithee

 

Personal Opinion

Suggest some ways that will help your younger sibling to concentrate on his/her studies and overcome his/her bad habit of wasting time playing games on her cell phone.

Ans. Some ways to help concentrate on studies and overcome bad habits.

• Make a time schedule for studying, for how many hours you will study in a day and what will be those study hours

• While studying make sure you will not touch your mobile phone, keep it away. It is a big distraction.

• Take a break of 10-15 minutes in between long study hours or it will be tiring and monotonous.

• Resolute in your mind that you will complete a particular topic on that very day and will not keep it for the next day.