Compare and contrast of Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are two great writers, who focused on death and symbols in their works. What makes their writing styles different is more of Dickinson are more in a song format and are short. Frost focuses more on a story in his poems and they are not usually short. Two of the poems that has the theme of death is “If I shouldn't be alive” by Emily Dickinson and “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost.
In “I shouldn’t be alive” she writes about her death. “If I shouldn’t be alive / When the Robins come / Give the one in Red Cravat” saying if she were to die, give her a tie in red (1-3). In the next line “A Memorial crumb” it can be seen that she wants the robin to eat. It shows
In “I shouldn’t be alive” she writes about her death. “If I shouldn’t be alive / When the Robins come / Give the one in Red Cravat” saying if she were to die, give her a tie in red (1-3). In the next line “A Memorial crumb” it can be seen that she wants the robin to eat. It shows