YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :World and Self in Poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson
Essays 241 - 270
This paper looks at Dickinson's views about and relationship with nature through a reading of several of her poems. The author lo...
In 4 pages this paper explores the biographical elements of this Dickinson poem that are obscured by her uses of legal jargon. Th...
In five pages this paper examines the nobility of friendship from the perspectives of these literary giants. Four sources are cit...
In five pages lesbian theory is applied to an analysis of 'Master Letters.' Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliography....
indeed, cannot, be overlooked. A rare taste of boundless joy is exemplified in Wild nights, wild nights. Perhaps written o...
who see; But microscopes are prudent in an emergency!" The poem whose first lines begin, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" is a ...
Dickinsons writing. While "no ordinance is seen" to those who are not participating in the war, it presence nevertheless is always...
of this world. She is saying good-by to earthly cares and experience and learning to focus her attention in a new way, which is re...
of this in the following lines which use that imagery in the comparisons: "Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain,/ Who afte...
to discern the "inexhaustible richness of consciousness itself" (Wacker 16). In other words, the poetry in fascicle 28 presents ...
17). While this image is certainly chilling, the overall tone of the poem is one of "civility," which is actually expressed in lin...
of mourning and regret, while singing the praises of something wondrous. I Came to buy a smile -- today (223) The first thing...
Additionally, Dickinson makes creative use of punctuation to create dramatic pauses between lines, as well as within them. The ...
Arthur Baird joined the pair - McMaster as a source of funding and a link to wealthy potential investors, Baird as aircraft mechan...
Ourselves - / And Immortality" (Dickinson 1-4). In this one can truly envision the picture she is creating with imagery. She offer...
turning, hungry, lone,/I looked in windows for the wealth/I could not hope to own (lines 5-8). Dickinson now clearly classifies he...
In four pages this poetic explication focuses on the contrast between Victorian era religious conventions and Dickinson's individu...
As a gun, Dickinson speaks for "Him" (line 7) and the Mountains echo the sound of her fire. Paula Bennett comments that "Whatever ...
various measures, the first step that the researchers took was to compare maltreatment items that were administered in the lab ses...
oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...
While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
specifically, it was an obsession as opposed to true love. What distinguishes these from each other is the element of personal sa...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
be a Bride --/ So late a Dowerless Girl -" (Dickinson 2-3). This indicates that she has nothing to offer, that she is a poor woman...
This paper examines Dickinson's 'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,' and examines the author's use of visual, auditory, visceral, and p...
In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...