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of struggling against it. For example, the "gentleman caller" in "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" -- who is clearly intended...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the poet's views of nature and death are represented in such poems as 'Twas jus...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages Emily Dickinson's contention that one should live life to the fullest and not be constrained by f...
serves to draw the readers attention to this word and give it added emphasis. They break up the lines in such a way that mimics th...
to a twentieth-century Existentialist philosopher, Ford opines, "Emily Dickinson felt great anxiety about death... She apparently...
clue which would support this idea might be the first few lines where she discusses returning to a previously held thought, idea, ...
sun, "a ribbon at a time" (35). By displaying one "ribbon" after another, Dickinson presented not just a story, but a complete cov...
wanted the poem to leave a profound impression; for that reason, it is subject to the interpretation of the individual. I...
to immortality" (73). The Civil War was being fought during Dickinsons most fertile period of creativity, and the deaths of many ...
apt description of reverie being that which is made up of a few simple things; and if those things are not available, well, reveri...
The truths of our lives are such that we often see only a part for a time and perhaps even forever. Even those truths...
line and the metaphor in the first, Dickinson employs all of the literary devices available, but, prefers, for the most part, to f...
Syllable from Sound --" (2509-2510). This poem considers the origin of reality, and true to her Transcendentalist beliefs, spec...
for someone who has received a serious emotional trauma, but also that this poem can be interpreted at in more than one way, at mo...
the "flow " of the work as well as a connecting device.) The third stanza says that they passed a schoolhouse, then fields of "g...
traumatic experience that the narrator has been through could very well be death. It is interesting to not the way that Dickinson ...
and spiritual war is evident in the quote, "Faith is a fine invention for gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent in an eme...
born (The Life of Emily Dickinson). Although her childhood was typical of most, by the time she was a young adult she had retreat...
This paper looks at ways in which Dickinson defined life through her poetry. The author identifies common themes in her work and ...
This paper provides a reading of the Dickinson poem, 'After Great Pain a Formal Feeling Comes. The author contends that Dickinson...
this household, Emilys early life was a contradiction in itself, for she received no guidance from a mother that did not "care for...
the feeling that the poet is engaging the reader in a secret and private conversation. One has the feeling that, in the breaks pro...
the last line which states the following: "Ah, what sagacity perished here!" (Dickinson 1-3, 11). This is a poem that is obviou...
stops "At its own stable door" (Dickinson 16). But, when we note that trains were, and still are, often referred to as iron horses...
Throughout this we see that she is presenting the reader with a look at nature, as well as manmade structures, clearly indicating ...
the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...
say in their prose pieces. "Of Chambers as the Cedars/Impregnable of Eye And for an Everlasting Roof/The Gambrels of the S...
were very interesting, people probably would not like them because they were different. As such Emily decided at that point that s...
is arguing in this poem that the search for eternal peace and a relationship with the divine can be just as meaningful when carrie...
womens education and his ultimate hostility towards female intellectualism influenced his daughters choice of secular isolation to...