Please help Heart, we will forget him!
You and I, to-night!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light
O the speaker's fear that she might forget important
memories
the comfort the speaker takes in warmth
the speaker's need to create her own warmth and
light
When you have done, pray tell me,
That I my thoughts may dim;
Hastel lest while you're lagging,
I may remember him!
-"Heart, we will forget him!"
Emily Dickinson
Think about the effect of personification in the poem.
What does it help communicate?the struggle the speaker has in forgetting him