Do Words Have a meaning after They are Said?

When someone says something to a person many people may think that is that. From another perspective people may agree with the poet and think that it is born that day. Many may think if so, “what makes it breathe and live?” Sometimes we may tend to replay in our minds what someone has written or said to us. The words have a life far beyond what the speaker or writer had in mind. In “a word is dead” in my opinion is a woman named Emily Dickinson who was not popular. She wrote poems but very little knew about them. After her passing her family helped her work become famous. I believe that this poem was written to explain to the reader that some words people say or write, may stick with the one who is listening or reading after they are gone.   

I agree with what her poem is saying. In lines four through six the poem says; “I say it just Begins to live That day.” Weather it’s a compliment an insult or even a catchphrase depending on who is said to determines if it will be remembered. There are many people deceased and alive their words whatever the circumstances may be will have an everlasting effect. The words depend on the background, on the speakers or on the way to express it. On one side the reader may think the word is spoken, it came out of my mouth and as soon as the sound fades, it is gone. On the other side the reader may think by saying a word, I send it in the universe, and it starts its own life. Now other people hear it and can use it as well. 

The poem seems to be a dialogue between two different viewpoints about the word’s life. The reader may ask what the correct opinion may be. It is safe to say that not all words are dead after they are said. If the word is random or out of the blue, it has no meaning. When the person finishes saying the word, the sound is gone and the word “dies.” Some words, it seems, die quietly, of plain old age and disuse. Many of Dickinson’s poems did not have title so many were the first words of the poem. I believe that this poem was written to explain to the reader that some words people say or write, may stick with the one who is listening or reading after they are gone.