Emily Dickinson Research Papers

Emily Dickinson was born into a rich and powerful Christian family with firm beliefs. She lived in the nineteenth century, from 1830-1886. She grew up the town of Amherst in Massachusetts. Dickinson was educated; which was not that common for a woman who lived in during the era of the industrial revolution. She did some traveling throughout Massachusetts in her earlier years of life. However, toward the late 1860s she kept herself secluded from society. Many let their imaginations run wild about why Emily Dickinson kept herself hidden from the world. Only a handful of her poems were published while she was alive. Her poetry was seen a controversial by many. Emily Dickinson’s poetry was inspired by her family’s social status, education, time inside the parameter of her family’s homestead, and sexual orientation.
Emily Dickinson was born in to a family with great ties to the community. These ties showed Dickinson a …show more content…
In Dickinson’s poem “A Light exists in Spring,” she expresses this challenge. “The Science cannot overtake/ But Human Nature feels” (Powell); Showing that science and not take the place of humanity. Another poem that shows this challenge is “Split the Lark”. One line reads “Faith is a fine invention / When Gentlemen can see--/ But Microscopes are prudent / in an Emergency (Orsini) Dickinson demonstrates through these words her belief that her spirituality trumps over the findings of science. Dickinson again shows the comparison with science and spirituality in her poem “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died-”. In this poem, she goes through the process of death. She further explains to the reader that there is no afterlife. Finally, she reveals that the body is food for insects. (Meyer 883-884) This poem shows how science can really take the mystery and magic out of life and the