Throughout reading many of Emily Dickinson’s work, it has been said that there is a clear observation that she was heavily influenced through American popular culture. In her mid-twenties she had a strong desire to be popular and famous. “A major reason for her enduring popularity is that she was extraordinarily receptive to the popular literature and culture of her own time. She was thoroughly familiar with many classic literary sources, such as the Bible, Shakespeare, Keats, the Bronte¨ sisters, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emerson, and Thoreau” (Reynolds). Through this desire became a sense of strong emotions and complications that led to her writing many of her famous poems. “Her poetry expresses her struggles with her faith, with her father,
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“A Bird, came down the Walk” is a poem that uses vivid imagery to paint a picture of nature (Baym). The poem does follow some of the same characteristics that her other work follows such as the short sentences and dashes within the lines and the fact that there is again no title. This poem also follows the typical four-syllable lines with the ABCB rhyme scheme that is seen in many of her other poems. The main difference this poem portrays is that is has happier and image filled content that most of her other poems …show more content…
It expresses a wide variety of her different themes such as nature, knowledge, and religion (Baym). This poem is one of Dickinson’s shorter poems with a large meaning, this poem really portrays the thoughts and feelings of Emily as she was a recluse hiding in her parents’ house. She uses this poem to express her thoughts on how our brains are so much more complex and wider with imagination and knowledge then anything, even the sky. This poem also uses her most common poetic characteristic of capital letters and dashes seen in her other poems. “My Life had stood-a Loaded Gun” is another famous work of Emily Dickinson. Through this poem, Dickinson’s poetic style, language, and perspective make this poem one of the greatest in Dickinson’s collection. In this poem, Emily Dickinson chooses a theme we have not yet analyzed; Anger. The intense feeling of being overthrown with emotions is d isplayed through “My Life had stood- a Loaded Gun.” In this poem, Dickinson uses a lot of symbols such as the gun, to help elaborate the central meaning behind the poem. The poem is about
“A Bird, came down the Walk” is a poem that uses vivid imagery to paint a picture of nature (Baym). The poem does follow some of the same characteristics that her other work follows such as the short sentences and dashes within the lines and the fact that there is again no title. This poem also follows the typical four-syllable lines with the ABCB rhyme scheme that is seen in many of her other poems. The main difference this poem portrays is that is has happier and image filled content that most of her other poems …show more content…
It expresses a wide variety of her different themes such as nature, knowledge, and religion (Baym). This poem is one of Dickinson’s shorter poems with a large meaning, this poem really portrays the thoughts and feelings of Emily as she was a recluse hiding in her parents’ house. She uses this poem to express her thoughts on how our brains are so much more complex and wider with imagination and knowledge then anything, even the sky. This poem also uses her most common poetic characteristic of capital letters and dashes seen in her other poems. “My Life had stood-a Loaded Gun” is another famous work of Emily Dickinson. Through this poem, Dickinson’s poetic style, language, and perspective make this poem one of the greatest in Dickinson’s collection. In this poem, Emily Dickinson chooses a theme we have not yet analyzed; Anger. The intense feeling of being overthrown with emotions is d isplayed through “My Life had stood- a Loaded Gun.” In this poem, Dickinson uses a lot of symbols such as the gun, to help elaborate the central meaning behind the poem. The poem is about