Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson had many different writing, most of which revolved around the same common themes. She didn’t want her works published, and kept most of it private until she died. Many wonder why she wanted no attention during her lifetime, when her poems said differently. What were the reasons she wrote using the same common themes? Maybe because of the way she was raised, or maybe because she was writing what she felt rather than saying it to the world, maybe both. Emily Dickinson sure did…

Emily Dickinson was an enigmatic figure. Her personal life has always been veiled in mystery which intrigued biographers and researchers of her poetry. Although she left over two thousand poems and approximately one thousand letters in which she enclosed a lot of details about herself, these remarks were more directed at highlighting the mysterious aura surrounding her life as well as creating an unambiguous image of herself. Researchers debate among themselves about the source of Dickinson’s…

As someone with a rather intimate and longstanding connection to death, it is no surprise that Emily Dickinson often used poetry as a medium to explore her ever-developing relationship with mortality. Her literary investigation of as much is incredibly diverse in content, her poems often highlighting her attempts to cope with the death of loved ones, or perhaps portraying her endeavors to deepen her understanding of herself and the world around her. Wrought with complexity, Dickinson's poetry on…

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…

1.) This poem by Emily Dickinson describes the scene and atmosphere when someone is dying. The speaker’s final moments of life are portrayed as somber and quiet, so quiet that the speaker can evidently hear a “fly buzz,” which is a type of onomatopoeia and helps to emphasize the silence of the room. Another figurative devise that is employed to further establish the overwhelming silence is the use of a simile when comparing the stillness between the “heaves of storm” which would be relatively…

Emily Dickinson and John Donne might not seem to have very much in common. They were two poets who lived almost two hundred years apart, on different continents, what could they possibly have in common? However, their poetry holds a common theme. Emily Dickinson had a fascination with death and wrote many of her poems on the subject of death and dying. Likewise, John Donne wrote a few poems about death but, unlike Dickinson, his poems held more of a religious perspective. In particular, death…

beholder. In other words, everyone interprets the world in a different way. One poet who truly has her own unique view on life is Emily Dickinson. Dillan states, “By the 1860s, Dickinson lived in almost complete isolation from the outside world, but actively maintained many correspondences and read widely.” While she was alive, Dickinson only published a handful of poems. Emily dickinson’s poems “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, “My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close”, and “The Brain is…

world claiming that the importance of these spiritual objects is self-determined, opposing organized religion. First, Dickinson challenges the importance of attending church service, which reveals her individuality and religious freedom. In poem 236, attending church service has been deemed unimportant and unnecessary in order to be go to Heaven, according to her belief. Dickinson says, “I, just wear my wings -” (84) which displays her belief that she will be saved regardless if she attends…

To start off, I will be analyzing each of the poems written by Emily Dickinson. All of these poems mention heaven as an afterlife and are directed towards death. In poem 479, the words expressed melancholy and curiosity with the thought of death. This poem gave off more of a suicidal theme: "Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me-" (101). To me, this meant that she may have wanted to take her life, but could not, so death will come someday come. The reason I use the word…

Emily Dickinson Nesmith’s reasoning for the fly made perfect sense. The fly was a normal occurrence, or annoyance, in this part of her life. He sums up the fly’s presence by saying, “Even during significant events, life goes on, much of it rather mundane” (Nesmith, 1939). Dickinson was writing about her death. There is nothing more serious than the beginning of a life or the ending of a life. Focus is on the emotions, the welfare, and the comfort in situations such as death. Dickinson’s poem…