Comparing I Heard A Fly Buzz By Emily Dickinson And Christina Rossetti

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Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti, born only five days apart, were both poetry specialists in the nineteenth century. However, in the nineteenth century, female writers were not fully acknowledged, this resulting in limited publications. What fascinated both of them, was themes such as love, nature and death. My research question was: Compare and contrast any two poems OR any two short stories we have studied, showing how form contributes to meaning. The two poems this essay examines is “I heard a Fly buzz” by Emily Dickinson and “Remember” by Christina Rossetti. The writers used two largely different writing styles. Thus, the need of an in-depth analysis to uncover the meaning behind their poems. They both chose to center their poems