What is the theme of the poem I cannot live without You?
What is the theme of the poem I cannot live without You?
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Emily Dickinson’s “I cannot live with You” explores the pain of love and the unendurable predicament of being with someone you cannot be with. The speaker’s love for his beloved is so powerful that it transforms into soul-destroying pain, risking death and separation in the afterlife. The speaker believes that their love is so powerful that it is better to be locked away than embraced and consummated. The theme of fear, avoidance, and isolation is explored in the poem. The speaker believes that his adoration for his beloved has driven their Christian faith out of their mind and that even the face of Jesus would seem “plain” next to his beloved’s. He feels his beloved’s presence has become “Paradise” to him, and they reject love in favor of their religion, believing that it is dangerously weaker than their earthly love. Intense romantic love can conquer a person so completely that even the fate of their soul seems insignificant by comparison.
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