Emily Warren Roebling

The poem I Died for Beauty but was Scarce is one of Emily Dickinson’s most well-known poems. The piece talks about a woman who died for the concept of beauty while the man beside her gave up his life for truth. The narrator explains that both are the same which make them brethren. In this poem, the author explores the theme of death. More than this, the choice of words is used to communicate the relationship between death, beauty, and truth. And as a result, Dickinson made a poem that is…

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…

interesting hobbies and quirks. She studied botany and had a large herbarium at her home “(Emily Dickinson : Poetry Out Loud)”. Dickinson is used as a prominent figure in literature, but during her lifetime she was better known for gardening. As well as being an avid gardener, Dickinson also developed a love for baking “ (Anirudh)”. Throughout her poems, none of the themes suggest Dickinson had an active romantic life “(Emily Dickinson; Poetry Foundation )”. During her state of depression,…

Born 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott became a brilliant student and person early on. Her father, Amos Bronson, was a philosopher and educated his children himself. Louisa became leader in the family early on by stepping up and going to work as a school teacher and later as a nurse. When she became an adult, she wrote novels and short stories under the name Flora Fairfield. Later, she restarted her career again, but this time, under her real name. During the Civil War, Louisa…

Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1850; daughter of Eliza and Thomas O’Flaherty. She had five siblings, but unfortunately her sister died in infancy and her brothers in their twenties ("Kate O'Flaherty Chopin"). Kate was the only child to live past twenty-five. Her father passed away due to a terrible train accident. In 1855 Kate was sent to a Catholic boarding school in St. Louis ("Kate O'Flaherty Chopin”). The nuns knew her for her intelligence, and she was top of her class.…

we will be learning about today is “Hope” is the thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson. She is creating a metaphor of Hope through the bird. She is describing hope as a bird “the thing with feathers” that perches in her soul. It sings silent and without hesitate. The Rhythm of hope sounds peaceful “in the Gale,” and it would require a terrifying thunderstorm to ever “abash the little Bird, That kept so many warm.” Emily says that she has overheard the bird of hope “in the chillest land And…

However, they fail to realize that the point after death, is the rebirth into a new life. While putting aside her daily work and entering a carriage ride, a girl realizes that death is nothing to be looked down upon, but to be appreciative of. In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death”, the speaker utilizes personification, capitalization, and punctuation to illuminate the meaning of her passing to the eternal afterlife. In the poem, Death isn’t frightening or an…

Brain” This piece of literature in a sense could be terrifying for the reader, due to the extreme down to detail madness described by the speaker. Just by reading the title one could assume a dark and sinister piece of work is about to be read, and Emily Dickinson did just that. Dickinson was able to correlate everyday actions to much more profound meanings; with this mastered ability of hers, the reader could share the same obscure thoughts as the speaker. Even the core message of the poem…

Many people have different outlets to express themselves. Emily Dickinson chose to express herself through her writing. Even though her she was not a famous poem in her living days her work did inspire many in the future. Emily Dickinson writes about things that are popular in anyone’s life such as love and death. In the poem “I could not stop for death” Emily Dickinson personifies death in order to reflect on her life before her passing. Many people including myself can relate to her themes…

Is death scary? Birth, old age, sickness, and death are natural stages of human being which is unavoidable. In the end, everyone has to suffer through the death; however, is this true that every death is scary or it is not frightening as it seems, yet appeals meaningfulness? “The Man to Send Rain Clouds" composed by Leslie Marmon Silko (Story #1) and “The Cask of Amontillado” from Edgar Allan Poe (Story #2) are two pieces of literature which is going to answer the questions above- death is not…