'They have not chosen me,' he said,
'But I have chosen them!'
Brave—Broken hearted statement—
Uttered in Bethlehem!
I could not have told it,
But since Jesus dared—
Sovereign! Know a Daisy
They dishonor shared!
Ms Dickinson seems to write: 'I have not chosen him' thinking about her own father more than the Eternal Father. However the trouble is actual, poet needs both of them.
Emily Dickinson sometimes refered to herself as a daisy a flower symbolic of innocence. Jesus is her sovereign and innocent though dishonoured by the betrayal of him.
Nice, sweet, short poem, Emily honoring Christ and speaking of His Elect, and how both share in dishonor.
An intense abstruse little poem - you need to know a little more about Christianity than I do to unwind the meaning. But I do like Dickinson's elliptical technique - well it's not a technique really - it is the woman herself, the way she makes lightning darts at mysteries to illuminate them.
God can chose godly! ~ it's the nature of chosen! ~- great~
They have not chosen me, ' he said, 'But I have chosen them! ' 5*****
Is it as follows? Thy dishonor shared! (instead of) They dishonor shared!
Sharing honour and dishonour before the ' Sovereign' is what Emily tried to emphasise in this succinct yet profound poem........I feel all her poems carry eternity and a little bit penetration needed to understand better her poems..................Missed you Emily so much....
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
God is the ruler and He cannot be ruled! His choice honour or dishonour has to be shared! There is no other go! Perhaps the poet says so I believe!