Question

In "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church," why does the speaker say that she has “an Orchard, for a Dome” in the first stanza?
She is suggesting that she has made her house into a church.
She is suggesting that one can appreciate God only through nature.
She is suggesting that nature can serve the same purpose as a church.
She is suggesting that only she is able to view the natural world as sacred.

Answer 1

She is suggesting that nature can serve the same purpose as a church.

Explanation: By calling her orchard a "Dome" (the dome of a church), Dickinson equates the natural setting with a sacred space for worship—showing she finds spiritual meaning in nature rather than in a traditional church building.