Emily Dickinson Beliefs
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson is one of the most influential poets and has unique characteristics that make her very different than any other poet. What causes Dickinson to be so unique is the words she writes and how she expresses her thoughts with them. Since a very young age, Emily Dickinson has always been captivated with religion and death. It aided that her room had a view of a cemetery and that her father was extremely religious. Her philosophies covered the Christian faith and how she felt about the church in her poem, “Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church;” also, “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain,” gave different perspectives on how she felt about funerals and death. She had only a few inspirations that helped her in her writing and influenced
her beliefs that gave her just enough to provoke great poetry. Benjamin Franklin Newton was a family friend of Emily Dickinson and absolutely adored her for years. He encouraged her writings significantly enough that he would sneak behind her father to bring her books and writings that did not follow Christian beliefs. He brought her works from Ralph Waldo Emerson who taught Dickinson self-reliance and independence and Walt Whitman who demonstrated beliefs towards patriotism and the American spirit. Whitman wrote a poem, “Song of Myself, No.6,” that is similar to Dickinson’s poem, “This Quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies,” connecting the theme and subject matter. The poems offer the idea that life is a constant circle and no one is ever really dead as long as he or she is remembered and both suggest that Earth is a living thing which all humans are a piece of.
her beliefs that gave her just enough to provoke great poetry. Benjamin Franklin Newton was a family friend of Emily Dickinson and absolutely adored her for years. He encouraged her writings significantly enough that he would sneak behind her father to bring her books and writings that did not follow Christian beliefs. He brought her works from Ralph Waldo Emerson who taught Dickinson self-reliance and independence and Walt Whitman who demonstrated beliefs towards patriotism and the American spirit. Whitman wrote a poem, “Song of Myself, No.6,” that is similar to Dickinson’s poem, “This Quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies,” connecting the theme and subject matter. The poems offer the idea that life is a constant circle and no one is ever really dead as long as he or she is remembered and both suggest that Earth is a living thing which all humans are a piece of.