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    I will choose to talk about “712” and “465” of Emily Dickinson’s poems for contrasting Whitman’s “Song of Myself”. Whitman and Dickinson have three differences of characteristics in their poems. First‚ they have a different way to structure poems. Whitman’s poetic form is free verse. Whitman’s poems are narrative and expansive style. His voice is expansive and talk about A to Z. On the other hand‚ Dickinson is definite structure. Dickinson’ poem style is like distillation. There is a lack of rhetorical

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    Emily Dickinson Pros/Cons

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    texts in the course. Pros and Cons of Emily Dickinson As discussed in class‚ the difficulty of poetry could go a far distance. There is no introduction‚ background or prologue to poetry. It is often a story within a few lines. So‚ when reading poetry it is important to recognize and understand the metaphors and the symbolism that it contains. It is also critical to know all the definitions of the words in the poem. When reading the late‚ great Emily Dickinson’s poems the comprehension criteria

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    Robinson and Emily Dickinson‚ portray gentlemen and figures of death. In doing so‚ it allows readers to have an open mind on the term “dead man walking.” To begin with‚ Ms. Dickinson illustrates death as a gentleman‚ for instance‚ “Because I could not stop for death‚ he kindly stopped for me.” Her words of choice may appear thoughtless to most people given everything associated with death. Yet‚ when analyzing the context of what Ms. Dickinson said‚ we came to realize Ms. Dickinson gave her readers

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    1)Throughout the poems of Emily Dickinson. She seems to have a new theme‚ idea‚ or tone in a different poem. One theme that is in poem 49 is based on her own life and what she experiences. This is proven when Dickinson mentions that “I never lost as much but twice...Twice have I stood a beggar.”(1-4)‚ which shows that she lost a sort of person in her life‚ perhaps her dad because she turns poor and begs for money. However‚ in the poem 249 it is about life is good and you should enjoy it. It mentions

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    English Comp II 11 November 2011 Emily Dickinson I. Emily Dickinson was an introvert who wrote poems about life‚ love and death. Dickinson showed her feelings of death and Desire using unusual scenario’s that cause the reader to stretch their thinking and go beyond superficial thought. Emily Dickinson uses imagery‚ Form‚ and settings in her poems in “I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died” to set the tone of the poem. II. Dickinson uses imagery in “I Heard a Fly Buzz when

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    fluctuates depending upon time; the ones they deem unsafe are shunned or annihilated. Emily Dickinson points out the frustration in presenting one’s distinct identity in I’m Nobody! Who are You?‚ a poem in which she identifies as a “Nobody” and tells a fellow “Nobody” not to reveal their nature to the world‚ because she would become “Somebody”. Perfectly content being a Nobody‚ Dickinson does not want to change for a society who only sees her character as an abnormality‚ something to advertise. Letting

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    According to popular belief‚ Emily Dickinson is known mostly for being a recluse in the nineteenth century who wrote poems obsessing over death. And while Dickinson did indeed have a fascination with death‚ it was not in the way as popular belief depicts. Being a woman of the nineteenth century‚ death was an almost daily part of Dickinson’s life‚ especially considering the fact that her bedroom overlooked a cemetery‚ but through her poetry‚ she had found a way to write about death in a variety of

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    Emily Dickinson Ambiguity

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    Ambiguity in Dickinson’s “Much Madness” Emily Dickinson’s “Much Madness” tells about her life‚ while also reflecting the life of the reader. She uses words in the poem that are ambiguous and that are open for suggestion such as madness‚ discerning‚ and starkest. The proem is also full of cleverness and humor. The first line of Dickinson’s poem‚ “Much Madness is divinest Sense‚” makes the reader wonder about the words madness and divinest. Is the word madness referring to someone who is insane

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    In Emily Dickinson’s‚ “I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain”‚ it conveys how the speaker is going through madness to the point where she feels a funeral in her brain. The poem is terrifying for both the speaker and the reader‚ The speaker shows her loss of self while being in the state of unconsciousness. The terrifying experience makes the reader feel like they are going crazy and insane. Dickinson uses the metaphor of a funeral to represent the speaker’s sense that a part of her is dying. A funeral

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    ideally‚ belonging to a group‚ is a product of the personas own identity which is exemplified through a sense of self. The collective poetic works of Emily Dickinson explores the facets of belonging related to oneself‚ and the individualʼs identity as part of natureʼs organism. This correlates directly with John G. Avildsenʼs film‚ ʻThe Power of Oneʼ‚ which explores and extrapolates the divergences of natureʼs relevancy in modern society and philosophy as well as humanities inner workings. Finally

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