For Emily

Emily Dickinson’s “The Drop,” can be interpreted multiple ways, one being the literal sense and another in a metaphorical sense. Word for word, the poem directly indicates a droplet of water getting lost in the massive waves of a sea. However, the subtext of the poem correlates back to the major theme of self and the global society. “The Drop” cannot be viewed one sidedly, rather from all possible aspects; we must “flesh out” to discover the deeper meaning, or the author’s intended purpose of…

Emily Dickinson, who had written many poems in her days. She is one of the authors who understand the definition of darkness. Her poems are mainly about the corner of darkness and how people should get used to the darkness over time. People who had eyesight took advantage of the gift of vision while others are incapable to even encounter it. There are many actions that people who had eyesight didn’t know what life's really current. Her poems can make you misinterpret the true meaning. Her poems…

the two together. For example, “A Rose for Emily” which is about a woman named Emily, who is psychologically scarred by her father which affects her later on in life. His next story, “Dry September” is about how a misunderstood rumor can turn violent and leave both victims physically and mentally shattered. “That Evening Sun” is about a slave named Nancy in which her marital problems lead her to be psychologically unstable and ultimately murdered.…

heard by everyone and anyone. However, the intentions of both are identical; to invoke a certain feeling in the listener. A chorus and a stanza are one in the same, they both capture moments of the writer’s life or their emotions during a situation. Emily Dickinson, a 19th century poet, privately wrote almost 2,000 poems, all of which reflect the aspects of her continuous emotional struggles. While today’s music can be extremely superficial with lyrics venerating wealth, partying, and even large…

“Because I could not stop for Death” “Because I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me-” the first two opening lines of Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death”. Just like many of Dickinson’s other poems this one focuses on the aspect of death and what happens to us after we die. The poem starts out with death driving a carriage who stops to pick up the author. They then begin to drive along a road very leisurely and the author recalls all these different images…

"In A Rose for Emily," Emily is essentially a hermit, rarely seen outside of her house. Yet, many in the community attempt to assimilate her into modern society. For example, the "next generation, with its more modern ideas," insists she begin paying taxes and later attempt to put house numbers on her home. She rejects all these attempts by refusing to acknowledge them, and the community repeatedly backs down. Even when they effectively deal with the problems associated with Emily, such as the…

With the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, only about two dysfunctional families and their two houses. Through only the two families, of one being the Earnshaws and the other being the Lintons, Bronte is able to exemplify many different themes throughout this novel. Ever since Mr. Earnshaw brought home Heathcliff to be raised as another child, the Earnshaws became a broken family and shows how a family should not act on any standards. “Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley…

Charlotte Bronte was a very talented and expressive poem writer. She was way ahead of her time with her beliefs of feminism and the way women should be treated. Although the thought of women having rights was looked down upon during her time, she still expressed her beliefs. She believed that men and women are equal and a woman could do everything that a man could do. Bronte’s poetry is very direct and she talks and deals with death a lot in her life, and she copes with that through her poetry…

Sweat Symbol Analysis “Sweat”, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a short story that paints a clear picture on how sometimes a man belittles his wife and makes her seem worthless. What men do not know however, is that wives are mostly always smarter than their husbands, at least in this case. This story portrays an unemployed man with an employed wife that is insecure with the fact that his wife is the main provider in their household. Having to live with this, he makes her life a living hell. Three…

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was published in 1930. Some other works by Faulkner are The Sound of Fury and As I Lay Dying. Faulkner is commonly known for writing stories that are set in the south and all of his stories include and obscurity that results from an unusual circumstance. Faulkner often writes about the Yoknapatawpha county and the town of Jefferson and thing that happen in the society. “A Rose for Emily” is about a woman who is never allowed to have relationships with men…