Heart, We Will Forget Him

HEART, we will forget him!

You and I, to-night!

You may forget the warmth he gave,

I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me,

That I my thoughts may dim;

Haste! lest while you're lagging,

I may remember him!

In the poem Heart, We Will Forget Him, written by Emily Dickinson, Dickinson demonstrates the challenge of overcoming a broken heart. Dickinson accomplishes this by addressing the heart through repetition, rhyme, form, and personal experience.

In the first stanza of the poem Dickinson uses the word "forget" three times in the imperative form of the verb. This use of the verb, forget, shows the reader that Dickinson is demanding that she forget him. Dickinson is sure and confident of herself. In the second stanza of the poem Dickinson uses the phrases "tell me," "thoughts may dim," "lagging," and "remember him...