Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson is best know for as an American poet who kept her life very private; she secluded herself from the outer world and nature by spending a lot of time in her room. Dickinson composed nearly 1800 poems, but less than a dozen were ever published in her lifetime. Although she wasn’t as acclaimed throughout her life, her poetry is now considered among the finest in English literature. Dickinson might have spent most of her time in her bedroom, but she was able to give much deep meanings to ordinary things. For example, “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” depicts hope as a bird that roosts inside the soul and gives endless hope without ever asking anything in return. I will be analyzing the poem previously mentioned
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When Emily Dickinson was born, her father Edward was a young lawyer who was educated at Amherst and Yale. He followed his fathers footsteps and joined him in law practices. Edward Dickinson was also active in the Whig Party, he was elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature from 1837 to 1839 and the Massachusetts State Senate from 1842 to 1843. In addition he served a single term as a representative from Massachusetts to the U.S. Congress. Compared to Emily Dickinson’s father, little is know about her mother. She was educated in Monson Academy and as she grew older she began to isolate herself more and more; eventually she grew very selective of who she decided to visit of family and …show more content…
Often, Her poems are difficult to understand due to the unconventional grammar, the strange diction and strained figures of speech, and the generalized symbolism and allegory. In addition, it is usually hard to determine who the speaker is; although much of her poetry reflects her life or her knowledge about things. She often used things such as nature, religion, music, and law to create themes in her poetry. With the things she used Dickinson was able to develop universal themes such as the wonders of the nature, the identity of self, death and immortality, and love. IN the following paragraphs I will be analyzing three of Dickinson’s poems to explain what they mean and give
When Emily Dickinson was born, her father Edward was a young lawyer who was educated at Amherst and Yale. He followed his fathers footsteps and joined him in law practices. Edward Dickinson was also active in the Whig Party, he was elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature from 1837 to 1839 and the Massachusetts State Senate from 1842 to 1843. In addition he served a single term as a representative from Massachusetts to the U.S. Congress. Compared to Emily Dickinson’s father, little is know about her mother. She was educated in Monson Academy and as she grew older she began to isolate herself more and more; eventually she grew very selective of who she decided to visit of family and …show more content…
Often, Her poems are difficult to understand due to the unconventional grammar, the strange diction and strained figures of speech, and the generalized symbolism and allegory. In addition, it is usually hard to determine who the speaker is; although much of her poetry reflects her life or her knowledge about things. She often used things such as nature, religion, music, and law to create themes in her poetry. With the things she used Dickinson was able to develop universal themes such as the wonders of the nature, the identity of self, death and immortality, and love. IN the following paragraphs I will be analyzing three of Dickinson’s poems to explain what they mean and give