Emily McLaughlin

her belief that discovery in uncertain topics are important , ''Tell all the truth but tell it slant '' , Dickinson uses the image of lightning to create ambiguity by comparing the effects of truth to the effects of lightning. ''Eccentric as New England weather the stiff wind of her mind, stinging or gentle, blew two half imagined lovers off. Yet legend wont explain the sheer sanity of vision, the serious mischief of language, the economy of pain''. Dickinson manipulates poetic and literary…

Have you ever read the poem “Because I could not stop for death” by Emily Dickinson and wondering what the connotation could be? When you are looking at the denotation do you ever try to figure out the figurative language, then you are beginning to understand what the author it's trying to convey. The format of the poem helps us understand the tone shift and the poem's meaning. The poem “Because I could not stop death,” by Emily Dickinson is about this guy falling in love with a girl. The…

Amherst, Massachusetts -Poet -Transcendentalist Emily Dickinson was a poet born in 1830 who was considered one of America’s greatest poets and a Transcendentalist because she often discussed the acceptance of death. “Emily Dickinson was a poet who was born in 1830. She wrote about 1800 poems, most of them being published after her death. Her quiet life was infused with a creative energy that produced almost 1800 poems and a profusion of vibrant letters.”(Emily Dickinson museum) “She was…

nowhere to be found, it is still there lurking in the distance. In her poem “Hope” is the thing with feathers, Emily Dickinson explores this exact concept. Using a multitude of literary and poetic devices, Dickinson establishes the optimistic idea of hope existing as an unstoppable unit throughout the universe that is accessible to anyone and everyone. One of the main literary devices Emily Dickinson uses to portray her theme of the universality of hope is symbolism. She utilizes a lifelike,…

Death is something that no human being can avoid, it’s part of the life cycle of all organisms. No one wants to know when or how it will happen, which makes death scary. There are some poems written about death. These poems include “Thanatopsis” written by William Cullen Bryant, “Dust in the Wind” written by Kansas, and “Don’t Fear the Reaper” written by Blue Oyster Cult. Death, any way one can think about it, is unavoidable. So in other words, don’t fear something one cannot avoid. All of the…

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…

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…

Death is inevitable for all living beings. Friends, family, the rich, and the poor; they will all succumb to Death’s cold embrace to be buried, and later, fused with the Earth. But, their legacy lives on, defiantly, within memory. In “Dirge Without Music” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, the inevitability of death is acknowledged, but it is not accepted. In this paper, I will examine the structure, imagery, tone, and themes present within the poem. In the first stanza, Millay conveys a resistance…

poem “Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes” the poet Billy Collins wants to expose, in a good way, a fellow poet of nineteenth century Emily Dickinson. Collins throughout his poem using metaphors as a way to vividly describe his action. In addition Collins uses a light language which stops him from offending Emily Dickinson and also uses imagery in order to be more sufficient in his exposition of Emily Dickinson. Billy Collins wants to expose and understand the insight part of Emily Dickinson. …

1. I will be analysing a poem and a song that use a similar structure to portray the theme of death. Death is nothing at all by Henry Scott-Holland written in 1910 and I will follow you into the dark by death cab for cutie written in 2005. 2. “Death is nothing at all” is a poem often read at funerals. The author, Henry Scott-Holland, delivered it as a sermon in 1910. Scott-Holland’s “Death is nothing at All” objects the perception of a sorrowful death through voicing each the beliefs and…