Emily Warren Roebling

In the very first line of the poem, Emily Dickinson writes as the speaker that she dies; therefore, it is possible that the reader can begin reading stanza four and proceed in reverse order. Emily Dickinson uses loneliness to show how people contemplate their last moments of life. In the third stanza, Emily Dickinson writes about the speaker willing away her keepsakes, which she describes as the portion of her that is assignable. It seems as if she finds more value in her keepsakes than…

Differences and Similarities of Two Poems Have you ever lost close relatives or friends by death? What did you feel when you lost them? Did you ask where death took them? Emily Dickinson, a famous American poet, answers these questions in her two poems called “Because I could not stop for Death” and “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain.” Dickinson uses various techniques such as simile, metaphor, anaphora to express the shared theme of Death and the tone of the poems. Both poems are about immortality,…

The Narration of Death: How Traditions Narrate Death and its Effect on Community Throughout the semester, we as a class have examined numerous different religions and the traditions they follow pertaining to death and the afterlife. In many cases, death is seen as an extremely simple process: the dead gets buried and then you send sympathy to those close to the deceased. However, this is very much not the case. Each of these traditions works on two levels: they are built around honoring the…

The poem, “Because I could not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson shows the clear dynamics of an outer body viewing of leading into the afterlife. Dickinson has been known to use the concept of light and dark in her previous writing. She is fascinated with the subject of death and portrays this in a comforting manner. It is no wonder the author consistently uses metaphors, dark tones, and styles in each stanza by illustrating the distressing subject of death in a more lighthearted way.…

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou is one of the poems that I will never forget, it is one of my favorite poems. It is a poem that really makes you ask yourself questions. Questions like, why would she write something like this? She mainly wrote it because of her background. From the time her parents divorced till the time she was raped. She felt like she was nothing and useless. A lot of people feel like this sometimes and they could relate to this poem. This poem is strong and…

For many people it is important to leave a legacy or something they can be remembered for when they die. People leave their mark in this world because that is the only way to prove they existed. In Ozymandias, a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, a traveler describes the ruins of what was once a great monument of Ozymandias, and now is a “colossal wreck” (13). Nothing lasts forever, everything comes to an end, and you are either remembered or forgotten. Ozymandias was the Greek name for Ramesses II…

Media Review Three In his article, Jason Diamond shares one of Flannery O’Connor’s prayers, which she wrote during her stay at the University of Iowa anywhere between 1946-1947 when she experiences doubt in her writing capabilities (Diamond 3). In these prayers, Diamond says that O’Connor “wrote her thoughts and prayers, displaying the same kind of self-doubt we see in so many writers today, but balanced with an unwavering faith…” (Diamond 3). Although Diamond agrees that O’Connor’s works seem…

Emily Dickinson Archive or EDA is an open access website for the manuscripts of Emily Dickinson. The purpose of this website is to serve as the central place for Dickinson’s manuscripts, poems, and letters. The long term goal of this website is to be the premiere archive host for access to serving Dickinson manuscripts, letters, and modern and historical editors of poems and letters. The funding for this archive has been provided by the Harvard Library, The Sidney Verba Fund, The Houghton…

Literary Analysis Death is inevitable. Some people fear it, others hope it comes soon. As for the author Sylvia Plath and the character Huckleberry Finn, their stances differ. The story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, portrays the main character, Huck, as terrified of death. While Sylvia Plath’s poem “I am Vertical” shows Sylvia as a person who is very intrigued by death. Sylvia Plath comes off as someone who would rather be dead than alive because she thinks it may be more…

William Faulkner stands out as one of the remarkable authors in the contemporary society with a focus on short stories as well as novels. Some of his pieces that almost every English student likes is “A Rose of Emily” as well as the “Barn Burning.” The thematic aspect of these articles being the social life depicted by the southern people. Also, there is the struggle they undergo at different instances. The use of a dramatic context in the stories is vital in fostering empathy. The ability to…