Teach Him When He Makes the Names
poem 227
Teach Him When He Makes the Names - fact Summary
Addressing a Namesake Niece
This short lyric requests that when a child learns to speak, someone teach him the name "Emily." The speaker imagines hearing the child’s babble from afar and asks for a gentle pronunciation that would please her. It reads as a tender, intimate wish to be remembered in a particular way. The poem is believed to be addressed to a friend or family member, possibly Dickinson’s niece named Emily.
Read Complete AnalysesTeach Him When He makes the names Such an one to say On his babbling Berry lips As should sound to me Were my Ear as near his nest As my thought today As should sound Forbid us not Some like Emily.
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