what is the symbolic interpretation of the poem, "the grass" by Emily Dickinson?

Answer 1

Emily Dickinson is great, though can be a little tough to follow at times I guess. In this poem she refers to the grass as having an easy life. She talks as if it is real and has jobs to do each day that are enjoyable such as having butterflies land on you or your hair blowing in the wind as grass does, how the grass gets to glisten and shine with drops of water that look as if it is wearing a pearl necklace as I like to think. Then you have to think of the last part as a grass dying in comparison to something else dying. Say for instance and animal dying. When this happens it stinks most times, it's no longer pretty and such but grass it still smells fresh like grass, and it wilts to turn to hay which is golden so even in death grass is beautiful and still simple and graceful. So many people wouldn't think of being something like hay until you think about it this way. She is saying she wishes life could be as simple.

Answer 2

Hmm, if your friend is a snake in the grass, what does that say about his kindness? Or you can go Freudian and think about sex.