Emily Dickinson #324 vs. #449

This first poem was directed towards religion and how different Dickinson was from normal church goers.  She did enjoy worshiping God, but in her own way.

"Some keep the Sabbath going to Church--
I keep it, staying at Home--
With a Bobolink for a Chorister--
And an Orchard, for a Dome--"

By writing this, she is stating she does celebrate the Sabbath, but at home in her own privacy.  I get the impression that Dickinson is communicating that being out in the wild, in nature, is more Godly than being inside of a man made building.  In the next stanza, she pokes fun, in a sense, of the ones that attend church;

"Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice--
I just wear my Wings--
And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church,
Our little Sexton--sings."

Stating she does not need fancy clothes or bells for her to worship.  All that is needed is nature and her "wings" or purity.  As for the sermons, she goes at her own pace, when ever and where ever she feels the urge to study, worship, or talk to God. 

 "God preaches, a noted Clergyman--
And the sermon is never long,
So instead of getting to Heaven, at last--
I'm going, all along."

On the complete opposite spectrum, Dickinson wrote the second poem.  This writing has more of a physical feel and very superficial unlike the first poem.

"I died for Beauty--but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb
When One who died for Truth, was lain
In an adjoining Room--

He questioned softly "Why I failed"?
"For Beauty", I replied--
"And I--for Truth--Themself Are One--
We Brethren, are", He said--"

In the second part, it shows that no matter how hard you try to live for beauty, you will still end up the same as everyone else, dead.  These two poems show two sides of Dickinson, one of spiritual means and the other as very superficial.