1. Close Reading of Emily Dickins
The reader can never see or picture these people at the funeral in the narrator's Brain. ... The repetition of "treading- in this line shows the drudgery and monotony of this person hearing her own funeral. ... In the third stanza of this dark poem, Dickinson creates more of an auditory picture with use of "sound-verbs- such as creak (Ln. 10) and descriptive nouns such as "Boots of Lead."" ... This use of three descriptive states shows her dislike of her current state, wrapped alive in a coffin. ... Her last thoughts are cut short in the last line, "And Finished knowing "then &quo...
- Word Count: 1027
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: High School