The theme of Emily Dicksons poem “The Wife” relates to Mrs. Mallards emotional state in “The Story of An Hour” because in the poem “The Wife” it talks about how a woman that was married had her husband die and it was hard for her and it wasn’t easy but she had to pull her self together and move on and care for herself. In the poem The story of an hour it talks about how Mrs. Millard takes comfort when her husband died and people can see how strong she is for moving on. So as you can see the themes are pretty similar because they both talk about marriage and how to move on and stay strong. they both went along for there own needs and continued work. After Mrs. Millards husband death she was extremely sad but got over it and which it lead her to have more freedom.