Different tones in Dickinson’s poetry
Emily Dickinson was a well known poet who is known often for her contradictory patterns. Comparing her two poems, “Because I could not stop for Death” and “I heard a Fly buzz- when I Died” show a distinct different tone. For instance in the beginning of “fly buzz..”, the fly can be related to the “lord of the flies” or the devil. Thus symbolizing the speakers struggle at some point. “Between the light and me” suggests that the speaker is on their way to eternity. Whereas in “Because I could not stop..”, the speaker talks about the calm experience she endured on her way to her grave. In one poem the symbol of death is fearful and in the other is very peaceful. In the poem “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died” Dickinson reveals the feeling of fear . She compares the feeling of being “between the Heaves of the storm”(4) and “Between the light and me-”(14) as if the speaker were struggling to cross over. She explains how people were sobbing, “The Eyes around-had wrung them dry-”(5). …show more content…
She uses the term, “The Carriage” to show kinetic imagery because the speaker is moving throughout her journey. Some contradiction in the story shows movement in present tense as “we slowly drove” then starts using “we passed” as past tense. The reader doesn't learn until the end that the woman has already been dead for centuries. She says, “Since then-tis’ Centuries-and yet, Feels shorter than the Day”(21). The tone throughout the poem is serene. “We passed the fields of Gazing Grain-, We passed the Setting Sun”(11), sunsets are peaceful and typically known as romantic,which is odd for a story about death. Then Dickinson ties together the end of the poem by bringing back the first time she saw the horses’ head. In that case would be her getting into the carriage; she is reminded that death is apart of life and she is headed into
Emily Dickinson was a well known poet who is known often for her contradictory patterns. Comparing her two poems, “Because I could not stop for Death” and “I heard a Fly buzz- when I Died” show a distinct different tone. For instance in the beginning of “fly buzz..”, the fly can be related to the “lord of the flies” or the devil. Thus symbolizing the speakers struggle at some point. “Between the light and me” suggests that the speaker is on their way to eternity. Whereas in “Because I could not stop..”, the speaker talks about the calm experience she endured on her way to her grave. In one poem the symbol of death is fearful and in the other is very peaceful. In the poem “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died” Dickinson reveals the feeling of fear . She compares the feeling of being “between the Heaves of the storm”(4) and “Between the light and me-”(14) as if the speaker were struggling to cross over. She explains how people were sobbing, “The Eyes around-had wrung them dry-”(5). …show more content…
She uses the term, “The Carriage” to show kinetic imagery because the speaker is moving throughout her journey. Some contradiction in the story shows movement in present tense as “we slowly drove” then starts using “we passed” as past tense. The reader doesn't learn until the end that the woman has already been dead for centuries. She says, “Since then-tis’ Centuries-and yet, Feels shorter than the Day”(21). The tone throughout the poem is serene. “We passed the fields of Gazing Grain-, We passed the Setting Sun”(11), sunsets are peaceful and typically known as romantic,which is odd for a story about death. Then Dickinson ties together the end of the poem by bringing back the first time she saw the horses’ head. In that case would be her getting into the carriage; she is reminded that death is apart of life and she is headed into