Read this excerpt from Emily Dickinson's “There Is Another Sky.” Which two lines show that the poem is addressed to a person the
speaker knows well? There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
Never mind faded forests, Austin,
Never mind silent fields -
Here is a little forest,
Whose leaf is ever green;
Here is a brighter garden,
Where not a frost has been;
In its unfading flowers
I hear the bright bee hum:
Prithee, my brother,
Into my garden come!
These are the two lines that show that the poem is addressed to a person the speaker knows well. In this poem, we see that the speaker is talking to a particular person. The speaker refers to the person directly and calls him "Austin," which shows she knows the person's first name. Moreover, the speaker calls the person "brother," emphasizing once more that the person is close to the author.
