Emily Dickinson

After the death of Emily Dickinson, her many poems were published. Those poems quickly made her one of the most famous American poets of all time. What draws readers in the most by her poems is the mystery involved. Since the poems were published after her death, no one knows what they were truly about. For example, one of her famous poems is “The Moon is distant from the Sea”. This poem is really about the gender roles of a love relationship of her time. The true meaning of the poem is…

your own safe space to be able to relax, open up and be productive. Although Emily Dickinson actively removed herself from society and didn’t travel to gain inspiration like other authors, she did spend time immersing her mind in her subject matter, life. Because of this, her poetry expresses potent emotional ideas and truths of the heart and soul that can touch everyone. As a separate mind and body from society, Emily saw the world through windows and paper. She created her own independent…

Emily Dickinson was one of the most extraordinary writers of the nineteenth century. She was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts and died at the age of 56 in her house. After her death, her Sister Lavinia found Emily’s collection of 1800 poems and published them; to the point that it is extremely hard to place her in any single convention. She appears to originate from all over the place, and no place immediately. Her idyllic structure, with her standard four-line stanzas, ABCB rhyme plans is…

Emily Dickinson in her poem uses a variety of strategies in order to instill attitude and portray her feelings. In doing so, Dickinson is able to create an atmosphere that surrounds the audience and conveys her mood towards the subject at hand, death. With interpretation and analyzation of the event, the audience finds that Dickinson has an interesting perception of the matter at hand. At first sight, one may believe that the speaker feels great sorrow for the death of the woman discussed…

Whitman and Emily Dickinson use different structures and figurative language, they convey a similar attitude about education and religion, which are common institutions. In “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman and “324” by Emily Dickinson both poets use personification to describe their tone in order to explain the view of their groups. Although, they use different poem structures and figurative language. Whitman and Dickinson have a similar attitude, in the poem “324”,…

Emily Dickinson’s writing showed a whole new type of writing in the first person. The speakers could see what was going one through their eyes but what was also going on in their mind. Her writing didn’t have limits, you wouldn’t feel trapped in a story but you would feel like you were in a place where the possibilities are endless and anything could happen. She would express the possibilities but not what was realized. Emily Dickinson’s life consisted of many historical events, including…

“Isolation is the worst possible counselor”(Unamuno). Emily Dickinson describes in her narrative poem,”From Blank to Blank,” a tormented person with loneliness and confinement, no matter what the narrator does to try to avoid it. The speaker admits defeat when she finds no way out of the darkness, because whatever she does makes no difference. Emily Dickinson’s use of meter, metaphors, and dashes in her poetry execute the purpose and theme of this poem. Dickinson’s poem, “From Blank to Blank,”…

Cormac McCarthy and Emily Dickinson are two outstanding authors that used their creative writing skills to portray their view on hope. In the novel The Road and the poem "XXXII", hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had, or that events will turn out for the best. Emily Dickinson believes in the ability hope has to be independent and successful on it's own. Dickinson wrote a poem titled, "XXXII" in her poem she described the abilities and inabilities of hope. Emily who was…

Emily Dickinson, an American poet, has written hundreds of poems. The total count falls just short of 1,800 (Roberts 735). Obviously, she wrote on many topics. Two of her most frequent topics are love and death. While love and death may be very common themes in many people 's writing, they are ironic themes for Dickinson for several reasons. Dickinson was never married and never had an open relationship in her life, but she did go through many deaths. This makes it ironic that she still wrote…

gaunt, and small,” (21) it is able to bring a great amount happiness into ones life. This shows how one does not necessarily need to be physically strong in order to help others and that some of the happiest moments in life may be the small ones. As Dickinson also implies, hope can be available to the least powerful people and some of the strongest can be weak and in need. The extremely ecstatic tone throughout the end of the poem provides a huge contrast from the beginning of the poem showing…