Title divine—is mine! (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Gender roles, Marriage, Women
The Poem
“Title divine—is mine!” is a short poem of fifteen lines written in 1862 and first published in The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. The poem’s metrical formula and rhyme scheme are irregular but loosely follow those used in hymnals. The word “divine” in the title has a religious connotation as it calls the reader’s attention to a power structure that has been notorious in placing women at the bottom of the social totem pole and suggests the congeneric connection between two social institutions the poem addresses: religion and marriage.
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