As a whole, Emily Dickinson constantly used countless figurative devices, personification, irony, and paradox as examples, to promote the themes within her poetry. In My life closed twice before its close, paradox-a statement that seems like a contradiction but actually is not-is used in her seventh and eighth line contrasting heaven and hell. The structure of Dickinson, her use of diction, imagery, and figurative language maker her writing some of the best American literature to date. Through Dickinson’s peculiar style, she develops an unusual interpretation of death and by doing so, composes poetry filled with literary elements.
