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Comparing Emily Dickinson's Sight In Camp In The Daybreak And Dim

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The first poem I’d like to discuss is by Emily Dickinson “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”. This poem stood out for me because it was easy to identify with as I often, just like Dickinson, prefer solitude over a noisy atmosphere full of distractions. I’d like to interpret the poem as Dickinson finding her own company as the most precious and alleged discovery brings a gratifying understanding about her own self. Similarly, Whitman’s “Sight in Camp in the Daybreak and Dim” tells of another realization, not about himself, but instead a sad realization about life and death. As death, does not discriminate between young or old, healthy or sick, it simply takes its tribute, the “offerings” of the war. The topic of Dickinson’s poem is possibly
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