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(without limit). If the Brain and Sky are placed

(close) to each other, the Brain can hold the and also the person
who is thinking about it.

C. Write T for correct and F for incorrect sentences. Work with your partner.

1. The human mind is not deeper than the ocean.

2. In the second stanza, the poet says that the brain has the capacity to
absorb the sea.

3. In the poem, the poet praises the human mind’s capacity and suggests
that the mind is boundless in the potential it holds.

D. Answer these questions.

1. The poet compares the human brain to which two things in nature?

2. If the blue of the mind was held next to the blue of the ocean, the mind would be
able to soak up the entire ocean. What do you come to know about the capacity
of the Brain here? Can it absorb a lot of information, knowledge and hold it?

Discuss.

3. In the last stanza, the poet says that the human brain weighs exactly the same as
God. What is the difference between God and brain compared to?

Think and Answer • Critical Thinking
• Communication Skills
A. Just like sponges absorb water from buckets, the human brain can absorb the sea. What

do you understand from this line? Discuss with your partner and write in your own
words.

B. Has man been created very closely in the image of God? Which stanza conveys this?
Explain.

Appreciating the Poem • Metaphor

Emily Dickinson has used metaphors in the poem to make comparisons.

A metaphor is a comparison between two things that are very different from each other
but with some similar characteristics. We do not use the words ‘like’ and ‘as’ in such a
comparison.

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