Emily McLaughlin

Analysis of Death and “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died” Emily Dickenson’s poem, “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died” illustrates death as she describes her deathbed scene. The poet wrote many poems focused on death and the sadness and sorrow of it. What happens at the time of a person’s death is mysterious and Dickenson describes this experience of departing from life. Dickenson expects a peaceful and beautiful departure from life. However, the commotion of a fly buzzing around her deathbed…

In the poem, “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson discusses the major theme of immortality. Although mortality is used as the driving force in her journey, the overarching theme and idea here seems to be immortality and her journey to the afterlife. Dickinson uses figurative language and form to craft a poem that emphasizes her ideas as well as her attitude within the poem to perfection. The poem is not just a physical journey within the final minutes of her life, rather it is…

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…

Walt Whitman& Emily Dickinson Points of View Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are one of the most famous poets in the American literature. Walt Whitman in his poem shows that he does not have any religion to follow, he creates his own one, and in some point it shows that he believes in God, but he does not follow the religion. Another point is that in “Song of Myself” he is celebrating himself and the doctor’s opinions are the spiritual relationship. Additionally, he describes his and the…

“(Wo)Man in the Mirror”: Psychoanalysis of Catherine Earnshaw Character is defined as “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual” (“Character”). Emily Brontë’s classic gothic novel Wuthering Heights, has numerous individuals with memorable characteristics and qualities. Catherine Earnshaw is an exemplary individual with unforgettable qualities that make her Catherine Earnshaw. Throughout the novel, Catherine shows her different character traits. Catherine Earnshaw’s character…

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel by English author Anne Bronte, sister to Emily Bronte and Charlotte Bronte. The novel was distributed in 1848 and recounts the tale of focal characters Helen Huntington and Gilbert Markham. The story's perspective exchanges between that of Gilbert and Helen, told as a letter Gilbert is keeping in touch with his brother by marriage and passages from Helen's journal that she endows to Gilbert. In the novel, Helen Huntington touches base in the town where…

In the poem “Because I could not stop for Death”, Dickinson personifies death as being a character. In the first line of the poem, it clearly shows that “Death” was capitalized as being a name. Death had kindly stopped for her and the carriage only held herself, Death and Immortality. Immortality was presented as a passenger that accompanied both the speaker and Death. Death was going to take her on a ride all the way to her graveyard since she couldn't wait for death. Basically, the speaker…

Anna Russell Analysis Figurative language essay 02/03/2018 “Hope” By David T. Hilbun David T. Hilbun uses figurative language in his poem “Hope” to communicate how important not giving up even in the worst situations, and how even the littlest things can thrive after the worst of disasters happen. In addition, the author David T. Hilbun uses imagery and repetition to convey the message to the readers. “Hope” is a poem that communicates the deep sadness that impacted the victims during…

This concept analysis paper will clarify the meaning of hope, which is an abstract idea that every human has experienced in his or her lifetime. Eleanor Roosevelt stated that hope is the most important word of the English language (Roosevelt, 1949). Hope has the power to positively impact healing and inspires people to live. During the World War II, a survivor named Victor Frankl was imprisoned in a concentration camp held by the Nazis. This man was able to survive the horrible circumstances…

Our lives as human beings are evidently formed through both individual and global values that help guide our personal beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours. Volume one of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights reveals, through the plotline and character relationships, that values are essential to forming personal ideas including perceptions of love, jealousy, and revenge. Love throughout volume one of Wuthering Heights takes multiple forms, and is a central value in which characters hold dear to their…