In the first stanza of this poem Dickinson discusses how Agony presents itself among the reactions of individuals. The central theme of the poem insinuates that the speaker enjoys the appearance of agony among people because it's a very difficult emotion to fake. People rarely pretend to experience something so painful or horrifying that they experience convulsions. Also, it's nearly impossible to convincingly act out a sharp attack of emotion. Therefore, the speaker enjoys the mere truthfulness of the appearance of agony.
In the second stanza, the speaker discusses death and the agony that death entails. The speaker mentions how death is "impossible to feign" and this statement exemplifies yet again how truthful agony is. In an individual's final moments that individual will exhibit the characteristics of pure agony until they pass into the void beyond. As the truthfulness of agony is the central theme of the poem, and nearly every line exemplifies this single theme.
As a reader, this caused me to ponder the true state of agony and if any people truly do attempt to feign this emotion. It caused me to remeber the times that my friends were clearly attempting to fake this emotion and people could see right through their facade. The poem allowed me to see the truth in Dickinson's ideas and also that agony is probably the only truthful emotion- the one that cannot be feigned.
I think it's interesting that the speaker relies purely on the physical aspects to identify true agony rather than any emotional arguments. Maybe the speaker doesn't have any faith in spoken emotions.
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