Throughout the poem, Dickinson describes Death as a male that keeps coming for her while she is trying to escape him. In the first two lines, she uses personification, giving Death human characteristics. “Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me,” emphasizing death as a male and how he has stopped for her at this point. In lines 9-12, Dickinson uses imagery to create a picture for the reader to emphasize what she and Death are witnessing as they are passing through the area. Imagery is used throughout the poem to illustrate what she is seeing such as children at recess and passing the Fields of Gazing Grain and watching the Sun Set as they take a walk.
When Poe uses dashes and commas to show that the narrator is emphasizing and elaborating on how stealthy he thinks he's being when the readers know that it's truly insane. Dickinson also uses excessive commas through the whole poem “ And I, and Silence, some strange Race, Wrecked solitary here-” (Dickinson 15-16). Dickinson never uses punctuation to end a thought she always pauses and connects with dashes and commas.
In Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes, by Billy Collins we are taken on a journey back to the nineteenth century, it is fascinating to contemplate Collins idea of the diminishing of Dickinson's clothes. Emily Dickinson took her liberty to compose such shrewd poetry that was revealed later after her death to the public. Dickinson’s poetry is found perplexing and dramatic, which is clear on why Collins would pick Emily Dickinson as his incentive for this poem. Throughout Collins poem, he uses extended metaphors to expose the reader to understand the profound thoughts of a poet. Collins also conveys figurative language in reference to Dickinson life that can persuade an effect on the reader when reading a
Thus, Emily Dickinson's poems "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died" and "Because I could not stop for Death-" explore the theme of death and share the same writing style; however, they differ in their perception of death, and tone, which creates a notable and alluring form of writing that defies the standards of poetry. Moreover, “I heard a Fly Buzz when I died” has a unique writing style in which Emily Dickinson is known. This is shown through the use of dashes, and short lines. An example of this is, "Was like the Stillness in the Air - / Between the Heaves of Storm -"( Dickinson 3-4). Besides demonstrating Emily's signature style of dashes and short lines, this quote also shows how she formats her poetry so the reader can see how there is an unsettling realization that something is going to happen as the speaker lies on the death bed, which has to do with the subject of death.
In the first somber three lines of Dickinson’s poem “1212”, the reader finds the knowledge upon words in society’s eye. In this case, these words are compared to “death” (Dickinson, 1). This somber word stands out due to the economical use
Dickinson’s use of repetition and onomatopoeia helps show just how mad the narrator really is. It is stated,” Kept beating-beating- till I thought my mind was going numb”. The narrator is hearing noises that aren’t really there like the “beating” of a drum which supports the idea she is crazy. The first person point of view helps show that apparent funeral that is taking place inside of her mind. She states,” I felt a funeral, in my Brain…
Alliteration in this poem gives the diction and imagery more power. It sticks with the reader, and allows them to read the poem with more force. Throughout the work, we see repetition of beginning letters in words such as “boundless and bare”, “lone and level sands stretch”, and “sunk a shattered visage lies”. The repetitions of the sounds at the start of these words further emphasize the importance of the diction. The author could have easily said ‘boundless and uncovered’ or ‘boundless and empty’, but he chose to use the words “boundless and bare”.
The term “remember” runs, like a refrain throughout the sonnet. However, its power seems to decrease through the poem, rather as if the voice and memory of the speaker is fading from life. The word “remember” is repeated six times within the poem, which expresses the desire of a speaker whose hope is that her lover, will keep her memory alive beyond death. The repeated use of “remember” and “remember me” indicate the strength of the speaker’s desire to not be forgotten, although this forceful plea is relaxed at the end of the poem when the speaker acknowledges that the happiness of her beloved is ultimately the most important thing. This is the general message of the poem, the happiness of others are ultimately more important than keeping the memory of a loved one alive as it will inevitably pain you too much to do.
Poet Emily Dickinson is still an “iconic figure in the popular American imagination” (Bouson 3). Dickinson uses dashes in her poems to show a missing word or to replace a comma or period. Many times, poets symbolize an event or something hidden. Dickinson uses many examples of symbolism, which is a method to explore and to understand something great and offered intangible by using something known, in her poem, “Because I could not stop for Death,” to try and reveal hidden meanings behind death.
's use of repetition allows the word “remember” to run throughout the poem, like a refrain, and seems as if the power decreases as the poem
I read the poem Remember by Joy Harjo. The poem Remember, true to its name, has a very reminiscent tone. It repeats the same word at the beginning of each line “Remember”. The point of this poem is to cause someone to think about the past, but still hold onto it.
Dickinson began writing early on, yet her first piece was published after her death. Dickinson’s writing can be describe as gloomy or dark, whereas Whitman’s is not. Throughout her work she portrays how life merely continues and exploits the darker, less noticeable meaning of daily life events. Her writing is extremely precise, she uses slant rhymes through her writing. By doing such she is able to put emphasis on certain words to convey the prominence of what is being said.
By varying the length of his phrases throughout “The Man He Killed,” Hardy keeps the rhythm of sound from becoming too repetitive. Just as varying sentence length in a books keeps the writing interesting and fresh, enjambment in poetry can serve a similar function. Poets such as Hardy, however, often make the choice of pausing at line breaks or continuing with more thought to the intended effect. In “The Man He Killed,” Hardy uses irregular syntax and peculiar diction to convey the veteran’s confusion and disillusionment toward war and how odd it was he had to to kill. In this case, uniform, line-ended pauses throughout the piece would contradict the pieces tone.
On the one hand, if one goes deeply into Dickinson’s poem “This is my letter to the world”, where one can say that this poem can be appreciated that the speaker is complaining about the way that life has gone on. At first sight it is possible to observe that the language used by Dickinson was very simple because it was easy to understand. However, it was more complex than it seems to be, because a different meaning could have been given to the poem if it is analyzed in a deeper way. Moreover the poetic devices that she uses make the poem very attractive for the reader and also easy to follow because of the musicality that her rhymes produced in the way it is read, as in the ones used in the verse 2: “That never wrote to Me”, compared to verse 4: “With tender Majesty”, where the endings have the same sound. (Dickinson, poem #441: This is my letter to the
In “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”, Emily Dickinson uses imagery and symbols to establish the cycle of life and uses examples to establish the inevitability of death. This poem describes the speaker’s journey to the afterlife with death. Dickinson uses distinct images, such as a sunset, the horses’ heads, and the carriage ride to establish the cycle of life after death. Dickinson artfully uses symbols such as a child, a field of grain, and a sunset to establish the cycle of life and its different stages. Dickinson utilizes the example of the busyness of the speaker and the death of the sun to establish the inevitability of death.
