In so many of her poems, we see Emily Dickinson's despondency to life as well as her fear of death. ... We find this same reference to the unconquerable power of death in Dickinson's poem, ""Twas warm- at first -like us-- (1054). ... Dickinson's poems. ... I believe the point Emily Dickinson is trying to make in these poems is that all of humanity is continuously trying to search for meaning and purpose in the world. ... Maybe for Dickinson, there is no power in life but that of death and yet death has an unconquerable fear of it's own. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Emily Dickinson's "There's a certain slant of light," the poet provides yet another glimpse into her world of patriarchal oppression and the overall entropy of the seasons. ... Through her use of descriptive imagery, syntax and form, Emily Dickinson takes a short poem and manages to eke a tremendous amount of meaning out of it, likening light to the reminder that death will be upon us eventually. ... In this way, Dickinson translates the atmospheric nature of her prose to larger philosophical issues like life's meaning and the nature of death. ... The form of Dick...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

by Emily Dickinson conveys the frustrations of an unmarried woman. ... " (Dickinson 1-2). ... " (Dickinson 4). ... " (Dickinson 13-15). ... by Emily Dickinson has many literary devices working together in order to explain the meaning of the poem. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I Like the Look of Agony" Emily Dickinson's lifestyle reflects her wonderful poetry. ... Dickinson also uses personification in her poem. ... By using these connotative meanings, Dickinson reminds the reader of how distressing agony can be. ... Emily Dickinson led a plain and simple lifestyle and she felt a connection with the simplicity that an emotion such as agony could establish. ... Dickinson uses irony, and literary devices to grab the attention of her readers and focus it on agony. ...

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"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" Life, death, and reincarnation are portrayed in Emily Dickinson's poem "I felt a Funeral, in my brain". The use of words associated with death gives the poem an ominous and dark karma. At the beginning of this poem the feelings of grief and pain are evident. Throu...

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• Grade Level: High School

An example of the evidence Perrine uses is when he talks about his experiences of analyzing poetry with groups of students as stated here "Several years ago I presented the Emily Dickinson poem to a number of students and colleagues and discovered that not one of them interpreted the poem as I did. ... This quote is talking about Perrine's experience with a group of students and how they interpreted Emily Dickinson's poem. ...

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Edgar Allen Poe is one of the more famous poets known for his dark, mysterious poems. Poe had a different view on the world than most people, almost similar to that of Emily Dickinson. His poems often have a deeper meaning hidden behind the dark scenes. Poe's poem "A Dream within a Dream" contains t...

• Word Count: 1125
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School