Emily Dickinson's poems, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died," are both about one of life's uncertainties, death. However, that is where the similarities end. Although Dickinson wrote both poems, their ideas about what lies after death differ. The poem "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died," points to a disbelief in an afterlife. In this poem, a woman is lying in bed with her family or friends standing all around waiting for her to die. While the family is waiting for her to pass on, she is waiting for ".the King." This symbolizes some sort of god that will take her away. As the woman dies, her eyes, or windows as they are referred to in the poem, fail and then she ".could not see to see-." As she died she saw "the light" but then her eyes, or windows, failed and she saw nothing. This is the suggestion of there being no afterlife. The woman's soul drifted off into nothingness because there was no afterlife for it to travel to. This is the complete opposite belief about afterlife in Dickinson's other poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death." In the piece, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death," Dickinson tells the story of a woman who is being taken away by Death. The speaker in the poem clearly states that she will not stop for Death but that it will have to come and get her. This is illustrated in the second line of the poem "Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me." "The Carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immortality." The idea of immortality is the first indication that this poem believes in an afterlife. In many religions, where there is a grim reaper type spirit, this being will deliver a person's soul to another place, usually heaven or hell. In the third stanza the speaker talks of how she and Death passed the school, the "Fields of Gazing Grain-We passed the Setting Sun." This stanza is referring to the woman looking bac on her own life as she is dying.
Dickinson is interested in this death of control, so the reader is reminded of Dickinson's contrasting views on agony. ... What distress most people, however, fascinates Dickinson. ... Homely and its synonyms also describe Dickinson's lifestyle. ... Dickinson had an appreciation for simplicity. ... "Homely" connects Dickinson and her genuineness. ...
In 1874, Dickinson's father died. ... Dickinson's mother died in 1882. ... Dickinson strongly resisted the doctrine of "election." ... To Dickinson, poems became the essence of a poet. ... Dickinson wrote more than 500 poems on death. ...
Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson can be known as one of the greatest poets of her time (Reinhart 343). ... Dickinson's poems came about through her religious belief and spiritual reading. ... In her poetry Emily Dickinson expresses her views on life death and religion. Emily Dickinson" s works drew harsh criticism when it first appeared. ... This was when Emily Dickinson emotional depression went bad. ...
Dickinson Emerson and Dickinson both show some similarities as well as differences in their views of God. ... They are both consistent in their views of God except in one of Dickinson's poems. Emerson and Dickinson both show some similarity in how they express their views of God. ... Dickinson keeps it short and to the point in a couple of her poems. ... Dickinson takes a more realistic view and does not sugar coat the brutal temperament of nature. ...
Emily Dickinson Related Books Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson Essay With reference to at least three poems, discuss Emily Dickinson's attitudes towards mortality. ... The precise form that Dickinson uses throughout the poem helps convey her message to the reader. ... Emily Dickinson's views on death changed from poem to poem depending on her mood. ... Dickinson was not as interested in detail, but rather the circumference of the idea. ... Emily Dickinson is no different. ...
TITLE EMILY DICKINSON: COMPARISON OF TWO POEMS, NATURE, BIOGRAPHY AND INFLUENCES Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) wrote over 2,000 poems during her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, but only seven were published while she was still alive. ... In "Further in summer than the birds", Dickinson writes that a minor nation celebrates, which no doubt indicates the Civil War, which greatly impacted Dickinson's writing. ... Dickinson, however, is not fooled that the June-like day means that summer is here. ... Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was the second ...
Different things determine how different types of people look at a piece of literature such as Dickinson's. ... What you believe in, as far as your faith is concerned, will have a significant impact as to how you view all of Dickinson's poems. ... Emily Dickinson writes "We paused before a House that seemed," which infers that the last place they end up in the poem is at a house. ... The Hindu's would have also taken issue with the fact that Emily Dickinson states "And I had to put away, My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility-" (Dickinson 6-8). ... Emily Dickinson'...
Emily Dickinson: Why She Wrote the Way She Did Emily Dickinson was blessed with having a "career" of being a writer throughout her life. ... Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts where she lived her entire life. ... Dickinson suffered an emotional crisis in the early 1860s. ... That led to what Dickinson said to be an "attack of nerves." ... Dickinson feels the reasons her loves failed were because of her mistakes. ...
Death and Emily Dickinson One of the great mysteries in life is death. ... Emily Dickinson is a poet celebrated for her poems on death. ... Through her poetry, Emily Dickinson explored death and its obscurities. ... The kind gentleman, Death is here to escort Dickinson into the afterlife. ... Dickinson's tone in this poem can be seen as comical. ...
