The Beauty of Death
From a young we learn to fear death, or more to stir clear of the unknown, we put ourselves in a box and turn our minds from the thought of one day passing away to drift off to a place no one truly knows about. Yet fortunately some poets managed to write some beautiful poems to best try to give us a little bit of a new feeling to this topic of death, three poems in particular that really help us overcome the fear of death that of “I heard a Fly buzz” and “Because I could not stop for Death” both by Emily Dickinson also “Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud” by John Donne. Yet other than the beautiful content of these poems we also need to note what makes a poem good, and the three main points that simply breakdown poems would be theme,wording, and meaning. Now let it begin the analysis of these poems.
The first poem “I heard a Fly buzz” by Emily Dickinson is a poem that focuses more on the details of passing away, starting from the sound of the fly which flies usually indicate death which is what makes the poem start …show more content…
“I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson is a poem that focuses on death as a ride in a carriage. The theme for this poem is on a carriage with death driving the one who is passing to their final destination, it talks about how death was in no hurry as they passed the children playing and the fields with it grain, taking in the experience of riding off to eternity. The wording in this poem is by far the best part, It serves death as a man and the grave detail of what the adventures of death look like whilst riding in a carriage. Allowing the reader to feel as if he/she are the one in the carriage with its different more understanding word choice that makes this poem great. Finally the meaning or the point of this poem is just a lighter way of thinking of dying in a new interesting way not very dark nor depressing more calm and with
From a young we learn to fear death, or more to stir clear of the unknown, we put ourselves in a box and turn our minds from the thought of one day passing away to drift off to a place no one truly knows about. Yet fortunately some poets managed to write some beautiful poems to best try to give us a little bit of a new feeling to this topic of death, three poems in particular that really help us overcome the fear of death that of “I heard a Fly buzz” and “Because I could not stop for Death” both by Emily Dickinson also “Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud” by John Donne. Yet other than the beautiful content of these poems we also need to note what makes a poem good, and the three main points that simply breakdown poems would be theme,wording, and meaning. Now let it begin the analysis of these poems.
The first poem “I heard a Fly buzz” by Emily Dickinson is a poem that focuses more on the details of passing away, starting from the sound of the fly which flies usually indicate death which is what makes the poem start …show more content…
“I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson is a poem that focuses on death as a ride in a carriage. The theme for this poem is on a carriage with death driving the one who is passing to their final destination, it talks about how death was in no hurry as they passed the children playing and the fields with it grain, taking in the experience of riding off to eternity. The wording in this poem is by far the best part, It serves death as a man and the grave detail of what the adventures of death look like whilst riding in a carriage. Allowing the reader to feel as if he/she are the one in the carriage with its different more understanding word choice that makes this poem great. Finally the meaning or the point of this poem is just a lighter way of thinking of dying in a new interesting way not very dark nor depressing more calm and with