Emily Dickinson Lexicon

sod, n. [Middle Dutch; possibly 'turf used as fuel'.]

1. Lawn; grassy area; [fig.] graveyard; cemetery plot.
2. Dirt; soil; humus; [metonymy] planting bed.
3. Ground; field; meadow; farm; wide open space.
4. Earth; [fig.] ignorance; unknown.
5. Crust; terra firma; [fig.] brain; mind.
6. Phrase. “Sod Gown”: farmland; brown landscape; [kenning] western horizon.