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    Retrieved June 1‚ 2013 http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/sharon_esther_lampert/poems/22854.html Robert William Service. Successful Failure. Retrieved June 1‚ 2013 http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_william_service/poems/13322.html Emily Dickinson. Success is Counted Sweetest. Retrieved June 1‚ 2013 http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/5385.html

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    There Is No Frigate Like a Book Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away‚ Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! Emily Dickinson foregrounds the simple pleasure of reading an enjoyable book by four striking metaphors: 1. A book is compared to a "frigate" - a light sailing vessel capable of travelling at high speeds. 2. light verse is compared

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    In the story “A Rose for Emily‚” Faulkner uses characterization to portray Emily’s mental decline throughout her life. By being kept away from the real world by her father‚ to being free to venture out after his death to having to keep a murder a secret. Faulkner best characterized Miss Emily as snobby‚ crazy and secretive. Emily is kept away from outside society early in her life because her dad believes no one was good enough for her. As Faulkner stated on (page.311) “people in our town believed

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    clearer vision of what Shakespeare is trying to address. "If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking" In Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking there is a use of the poetic device‚ rhyme scheme. She uses the traditional rhyme scheme in the first stanza. In the second stanza‚ however‚ she breaks the rhyme scheme. At the end she repairs it‚ like she repairs a broken heart. Emily Dickinson is trying to get her point across that she would rather this person be happy than her. The rhyme

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    Three very significant women that are part of a developing tradition by American women poets are Anne Bradstreet‚ Phillis Wheatley‚ and Emily Dickinson. Although these women are from different backgrounds and time periods their works compare in many ways. However‚ there are still some differences between these three influential writers. Bradstreet reflects puritan thinking through her poems; when she says‚ “Adieu‚ Adieu‚ all’s vanity” she is reflecting the puritan thinking about the vanity of this

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    Seek Beyond the Darkness Have you ever been scared when you can’t see anything or have no sight of anything and you don’t know what to do? Ask for her? Go back or just stay in place for someone to come for you? We’ll Emily Dickinson who wrote 2 poems‚ both having a deeper meaning than what the poem is actually talking about. The meaning that is under these 2 poems is what really matters and what other people think about it is amazing because we can all see these 2 poems in different views. What

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    metaphor‚ and personification. All these literary devices add up to the theme by comparing them to things that are usually strange to be compared to hope. Emily Dickinson uses imagery in the poem "Hope is the thing with feathers" by creating a vision made up by hope and a home. In stanza two‚ Dickinson asserts‚ ‘’that perches in the soul’’ Dickinson uses imagery of a

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    SPC 205 Special Occasion Speech I. Attention Getter: Emily Dickinson wrote “We turn not older with years‚ but newer every day”. II. Specific Purpose: To toast my Grandmother on her 85th birthday. III. Thesis: To celebrate my Grandmother by speaking about her accomplishments and special moments in her life thus far. IV. Credibility Statement: I am her Granddaughter who was selected to do the toast. Introduction Emily Dickinson wrote “We turn not older with years‚ but newer every day”.

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    seems that dark when it’s finally light.” I heard these words being sang from the mouth of a very close friend of mine.. I believe he was talking about hope‚ and how you can use your past experiences to get yourself through your troubled times. Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou also used their art to convey similar meanings. The works “Hope is a thing with feathers” and “Caged Bird” both talk about similar topics and use similar themes.These poems use figurative and literal language‚ talk about hope

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    Emily Dickinson is a poet known for her cryptic‚ confusing language. Words are often put together in an unusual way and create deciphering difficulties for the reader. But behind all the confusion is a hidden meaning that becomes clear‚ and one realizes that all the odd word choices were chosen for a specific reason. The poem I will try to analyze is My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun‚ or number 754. I find this to be one of her most difficult poems to decode. However‚ I find the images fascinating

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