1. After Great Pain, Stages of Pain
Interestingly, she achieved fame only after her death in 1886. In "After Great Pain," widely renowned as one of her two greatest poems, she describes three stages of pain experienced in an unknown traumatic event. ... Dickinson explains a pain so great that it may have occurred "yesterday, or Centuries before." ... Dickinson realized the uniformity of human emotion and was able to harness those feelings into the words that make up "After Great Pain."...
- Word Count: 510
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: High School