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What do humans think when they hear the word Death? A shiver through their bodies? Fear to what seems to be The End? Curiosity for the unknown? Or perhaps inspiration? Emily Dickinson, one of the greatest poets of America, who spent most of her reclusive life writing poetry and whose work was recognized and published only after her death; found inspiration in death, among other topics. She was recognized for her unusual use of forms and poetical patterns. Most of her work reflects her own pain, suffering and psychological drama. ‘It was not Death, for I stood up (510)’ and ‘I felt a funeral in my Brain (280)’ are an examples of Dickinson’s talent to express her mental struggle. Both poems share the same point of view and symbol.
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Whitman and Dickinson share the theme of death in their work, while Whitman decides to speak of death in a more realistic point of view, Dickinson speaks of the theme in a more conceptual one. In Whitman’s poems, he likes to have a more empathic view of individuals and their ways of living. For example, in Whitman’s “Song of Myself”, the poet talks about not just of himself, but all human beings, and of how mankind works into the world and the life of it. Even though the poem mostly talks about life and the happiness of it, Whitman describes also that life itself has its ending, and that is the theme of death. For Dickinson, she is the complete opposite of happiness.

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Death is not something to be feared, but instead, something to be welcomed. The poems “because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant support this statement. In “ because I could not stop for Death” the reader feels calm when riding with Death, and in “Thanatopsis” the narrator eventually accepts death and goes into a peaceful sleep. Both poems have a theme of acceptance, but differ in the way they present their ideas.

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The first stanza of Emily Dickinson’s poem “I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain” hones in on the noxious idea of Dickinson’s own death, through creating a sad and dark mood. The first line, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,” talks about a loss of memories and images in her brain (1). It is as if her thoughts are gone from her mind, the most central and essential part of the body, and she is saying goodbye to them, like a funeral does for a person. Because she is a writer, not being able to express herself through words, which she uses her brain for, would be a nightmare for her. Dickinson’s diction choices, such as “treading” and “sense breaking through” portray an internal fight occurring, with sense finally being the concept to tip her over, making

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Title of Essay When most people think about darkness they usually think of evil, fear/fright, wickedness and many more negative things. Some people like Emily Dickinson who was a famous poet thought differently about darkness and what it meant to her. In two of her poems called We grow accustomed to the dark and Before I got my eyes put out she talks a lot about darkness and sight but, she uses them in a metaphorical way instead of a literal way. In both of the poems being in the dark and losing your sight both have deeper meanings and are used as metaphors to explain deeper things in life.

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Just like most of the poems Emily Dickinson wrote, this poem also does not have a particular title. However, it is possible that the poem is about power since the word is written referring to the theme of this poem on a line after its ‘poem identification number’ that is commonly used to identify Emily Dickinson’s poems. On the copy that was given, the editor classifies the poems using words possibly referring to the theme the poems are about. Through the use of metaphor and rhymes, Dickinson made the central message in her poem apparent.

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The poem that stood out the most while reading this assortment of Emily Dickinson poems, was her poem numbered 656/520. This poem used imagery in numerous ways throughout in order to show the audience the important themes and the overall meaning of this work of literature. The poem’s main theme was about a walk on the beach that the poet encountered in the early morning. Although the poem is about a beach it can also give the audience contextual clues into other aspects of life.

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APPENDIX 2 1. Emily Dickinson’s Poems The selected poems this study was taken from “Poems by Emily Dickinson” which edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson under the publication of LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY in 1948. It was printed in The United States of America.

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Williams Wordsworth once stated “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. “ This quote means poetry can generate various emotions of the writer as well as the reader. Additionally, Ms. Dickinson you are an extremely talented poet. Even though, not all your work is public, as an advocate reader I treasure what is exposed to society.

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Emily Dickinson is a naturalist poet that wants the world to know that peace does exist in humanity. She is a unique poet who uses small words to compact a great deal of meaning. Many of Emily poems contain references to birds, bees, flies, and butterflies. Many her poems are written using iambic trimeter to have a rhythmic movement. Although Emily’s poems use similar references, they convey different meanings.

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About Our Emily Dickinson Collection On the left you will find 3 poetry books published by Emily’s family after her death. Many in the academic community feel that these books were poorly edited and are not true to Dickinson’s vision. Regardless, these are the most familiar versions for the public at large, the versions most often taught in school. We have also listed some of her more popular poems individually.

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The movement of Romanticism began in the 1800s. Romanticism was about going against what society told one to do. Society ideal of an acceptable poem, was that it should have rhythmic lines and should potentially rhyme. Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman went against society’s accepted classification of poetry inspiring change, the movement of Romanticism.

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The poems “Because I could not stop for Death” and “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died” by Emily Dickinson both describe death and a journey one takes to get there. In “Because I could not stop for Death” the speaker tells of someones journey of death that did not see it coming and had no time to slow down to notice it. While in the poem “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died” the speaker describes ones journey to death that aware it is coming, someone who is prepared and waiting for it to happen. Death can arrive in many different forms, it is different for everyone and nobody knows or can predict accurately when or how it will come no matter how prepared or not prepared someone is.

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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe” claimed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, inducing powerful questions regarding the role of the individual in the society. The individual can be alleged to become a negligible stain when set in comparison of an entity with such greater dimensions, such as the society or the natural world. Similar questions have been directed at the reader of a variety of Emily Dickinson’s works, as well as Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man. The latter, of Italian descent, tells a non-fictional account of the experiences of the individual in the Auschwitz extermination camp, which claimed the lives of many of the European Jewry. The dreads described in Levi’s

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During her lifetime, Emily Dickinson wrote approximately 1800 poems but she only published ten of them (Franklin 1). It wasn’t until after her death that her sister discovered her work and sought out to publish them (Franklin 2). From there, Dickinson’s poems were accessible for the public to read and because of the sheer number of them, it’s unsurprising that she is one of the most recognizable poets within the Western world. Her poems were written as lyrics, as if they were meant to be sung as a lullaby, and she followed a common metre to ensure that they were read as they were sung along to. They were never particularly long and were always written in first-person.

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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.

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