William Austin Dickinson

Looking Dickinson’s “I’m Nobody! Who are You?” From Different Critical Lenses “I’m Nobody! Who are You?” is a satirical poem written by Emily Dickinson that mocks the pretentious beliefs of the public sphere. Dickinson comically belittles ‘the famous’ published writers whom only write for their fame and monetary means, referring to the writers promoting their publicity as “like a frog”. While it seems though the general idea of “I’m Nobody! Who are You?” is about the egotistical people wanting…

Emily Dickinson uses the theme of death in her poems constantly to try to comprehend it. It is known that Emily Dickinson used to write a lot about death and illness in her poems, but many people wonder why. Some people questioned her dealing with depression, if she had suffered the loss of someone close to her or if she was mentally stable. The reality is that she wrote about death constantly solely to try to comprehend it. When analyzing Emily Dickinson’s poems about death, you can observe…

In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two poems. The two poems that I chose are Death be not proud(#72) by John Donne and The Soul's Dark Cottage by Edmund Waller. These are two poems about death, but are both explained and told in a different way. The one is explained through a cottage and the other explains death as a person, saying that it has no power. They might have the same topic, but that does not mean that it has to be expressed the same. As an example DBNP is a poem where…

towards Death in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry Emily Dickinson was a poet born in Massachusetts. Her works were all published posthumously as while she wrote poetry, she did not publish any of her own works. Included in these works are the poems “Because I could not stop for Death” and “I felt a Funeral in my Brain”. These two poems encompass Emily’s thoughts towards death and the afterlife. Through the use of alliteration, imagery, and tone, Emily Dickinson presents different attitudes towards…

frightening topic for many, but not for Emily Dickinson. Emily’s tone and attitude in this poem is notwithstanding and carefree as she dares to challenge the death. In this poem, Emily completes her thought of her perspective of time, immortality, life, negative, aseity, and death itself. This poem contains six stanzas and each stanza contains 4 lines. The first stanza, the first line in the poem presupposes an argument and a counterargument. Dickinson raises a question straightaway and her…

Death in Poetry Death is a very common theme among those who write poetry. Poetry is a way that allows people to express their true feelings in a comfortable way to share with the world. The poems “Because I could not stop for death” by Emily Dickinson and “Death Be Not Proud” by John Donne are reflective of this theme. Although they are very different poems, they both revolve around the central theme of death. Dickinson’s poem is about her journey through life and her outlook on it. Donne’s…

Clarissa Kirsch-Downs Dr. Moreau PHL 303-21 10 December 2015 Emily Dickinson During the 1800s, Emily Dickinson was a poet who never really saw recognition for her work. After she died, Dickinson was seen as one of the great poets of her time. When it comes to American history, Dickinson left a legacy throughout her work because of her crafty words and difficulty for others to analyze her poems, which left people wanting to know the true meaning behind her poems. One specific poem of Dickinson’s…

Emily Dickinson Influenced art, books, movies and music There is only one poet who could affect the media, art, movies, books and music to the benefit of females everywhere. Who could have done this wondrous deed? The one and only Emily Dickinson! Females have been treated differently from men; as if we are not equal from the very beginning. Someone has to break the silence, and address these issues because we are all human and are equal. Emily Dickinson had done exactly that, she had…

“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” Emily Dickinson lives on in the minds of people who love her and her poetry, even though she never sought the immortality that comes with fame. Dickinson had a very humble and religious upbringing, causing her to reject the idea of God but not entirely abandon the way she was taught to live and think. She lived a reclusive life in her family’s house, alone with her thoughts and emotions. Her failed love affair gave her the knowledge that…

seen in Emily Dickinson poem, “They shut me up in Prose,” where she introduces us to a world of inequality and uncertainty. Inequality in how it silences opposing views of the social norm, the voiceless stays voiceless. Uncertainty in how if things will ever change. Which is expressed in her other poem “I dwell in Possibility,” where the present and future seem to be blurred and time seems to not exist all together. These two aspects of inequality and uncertainty is what Dickinson addresses as…