Question

In "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church," why does the speaker say that she has “an Orchard, for a Dome” in the first stanza? She is suggesting that she has made her house into a church. She is suggesting that one can appreciate God only through nature. She is suggesting that nature can serve the same purpose as a church. She is suggesting that only she is able to view the natural world as sacred.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C.

In "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church", the use of the line "an Orchard, for a Dome" suggests that the speaker believes that her garden can serve as a worship place as much as a church can.

The author is trying to convey the idea that it is not necessary to attend to a particular place and have specific elements, such as a choir or a dome, to worship God.

Answer 2

The right answer is the last option. In “Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church” the speaker says that she has “an Orchard, for a Dome” in the first stanza because she is suggesting that only she is able to view the natural world or sacred.  

EXPLANATION:  

“Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church” is a poem about how the speaker of the poem displays his devotion to God and behave on a religious holiday, Sabbath. Sabbath is a day where people are supposed to be free from all of their duties. They should spend the day in the church and worship the Almighty.  

Emily Dickinson, as the writer of the poem, tells that while most of the people go to the church for worship in Sabbath, the speaker of the poem remains at home. She has the orchard as the church and the Bobolink as the choir as the substitutes of the going to the church just like others. She wears what she wears daily while others follow a certain dress code and other Catholic norms. She thinks that it is her way to worship on the Sabbath. She thinks that only by nature does worship could be done.

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KEYWORDS:  Some Keep of the Sabbath Going to Church, Emily Dickinson  

Subject: English

Class: 10-12  

Sub-chapter:  Poetry