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    celebrities and aspire to become one. While the public drains its life away over the fame‚ Emily Dickinson thrives in obscurity. Emily Dickinson believes fame should not be a focus in life. Through her poem “I’m Nobody! Who are You?”‚ Dickinson calls out fame and argues for obscurity. Emily Dickinson‚ a recluse‚ proudly labels herself as Nobody in the title. Dickinson leads a sheltered life away from society. Emily Dickinson’s isolation allows her to experience the benefits of obscurity. A majority of

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    Emily Dickinson was an isolated poet all of her life. She wrote in the time period of transcendentalism and romanticism. Even when she was a child‚ she would write letters that would have a huge impact on the people that received them. Along with writing‚ Emily Dickinson had an interest in botany and loved to play the piano. Dickinson had a very strange‚ but interesting life. Along with this‚ she is considered one of America’s greatest women poets. Dickinson would write in two ways. One being romantic

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    Emily Dickinson Biography

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    Emily Dickinson‚ regarded as one of America’s greatest poets‚ is also well known for her unusual life of self imposed social seclusion. Living a life of simplicity and seclusion‚ she yet wrote poetry of great power; questioning the nature of immortality and death. Her different lifestyle created an aura; often romanticized‚ and frequently a source of interest and speculation. But ultimately Emily Dickinson is remembered for her unique poetry. Within short‚ compact phrases she expressed far-reaching

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    Emily Dickinson Isolation

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    Dickinson spent most of her adult life as a recluse writing poetry in her Amherst home‚ so she was very familiar with being isolated. In her isolation‚ Dickinson was able to write nearly 1‚800 poems‚ or “fascicles” as they were commonly referred to as (“Emily Dickinson” 5). Dickinson uses isolation in her poetry to set the speaker apart from other people‚ indicating that they are special in a way. The amount of pain that human beings experience will typically exceed the amount of positive experiences‚ making

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    Jessica Lynch Professor J. S. Ward English 270 August 9‚ 2014 Individual Analysis: “I’m Nobody! Who are you? Emily Dickinson wrote a masterpiece of a poem called‚ “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”. The simplicity of the poem is easy to understand and to articulate what the author is portraying. The theme of the poem would be that there are “nobodies” in this world because when you’re a “somebody” life would be difficult. Along with the theme there are a variety of literary elements that creates

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    Bibliography Emily Dickinson is a well-known American poet. According to Poets.org‚ she was born on December 10‚ 1830‚ in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. As a young child‚ Emily proved to be a bright student. It is mentioned in poets.org that she was educated at Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847 and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. In her opinion‚ her real education took place in the family library. There she indulged herself with Shakespeare‚ Sir Thomas Browne‚ John Keats‚ Robert Browning

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    Emily Dickinson Death

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    Death has been the central idea of many of Emily Dickinson’s poems for its hypersensitivity. Many people try to avoid the topic of Death because it generally signifies the end as well as the unknown. Dickinson however‚ defies the traditional negative interpretations of death in her poem “Because I could not stop for death.” The rhetorical techniques utilized by Dickinson‚ help emphasize her belief that death is a positive spiritual experience that should be embraced and accepted rather than feared

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    Emily Dickinson's Defunct

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    Emily Dickinson’s Defunct” After studying a bunch of Emily Dickinson’s poems and learning a little bit of background about her‚ I have discovered that I really appreciate the complexity of her work‚ and when I first read Marilyn Nelson Waniek’s poem‚ “Emily Dickinson’s Defunct‚” a poem written about Dickinson‚ I found it to be very interesting. It was fascinating‚ one‚ because it valued Dickinson and her work‚ and two‚ because it reminded me of another one of my favorite poems‚ “Taking Off Emily

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    Emily Dickinson Religion

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    It is known that a mass amount of Emily Dickinson’s poetry casts a theme of death. The online Emily Dickinson’s museum article states‚ “The subject of death‚ including her own death‚ occurs throughout Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters. Although some find the preoccupation morbid‚ hers was not an unusual mindset to a time and place where religious attention focused on being prepared to die and where people died of illness and accident more readily than they do today.” “Some Keep the Sabbath by

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    Jordan Tyler Poetry Analysis: Emily Dickinson‚ I Felt a Funeral in my Brain ENGL 2205: American Literature 1865-Present 03/15/2016 Emily Dickinson had a unique style to her poetry that was very different from any other poetry written in her lifetime (Gubele). She used many different mechanisms to amplify her poetry‚ such as the use of slant rhyme and non-traditional forms like the “fourteener” (Gubele). At a glance her poetry may appear to be very simplistic but the substance would uncover the

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