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    Our reality is based on our memories – about what we want to see. Depending on what we choose to remember shapes who we are and our reality. Some people may choose to remember all the good times in their life and perceive the world around them to be carefree and happy. Some may remember certain choices during their adolescence and regret those choices. Everyone’s reality is different which makes us unique‚ as we choose to remember and forget different things. Sometimes we may not get to remember

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    It is hard to embrace‚ therefore we reject its reality for as long as we could until we finally met it face to face. By then‚ our chances of being one with what most people perceive as the real world diminishes drastically. We treat death like a flame‚ we leave it alone until it dies. However‚ if something is already dead‚ why is it alive? Edwin Arlington 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

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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’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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    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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    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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    literates of early 19th century to take a broader view of life. They blamed the societal structure and advocated a new life in woods‚ abandoning the modern life. This idea in the history of American literature is referred to as transcendentalism. Emily Dickinson‚ one of the two pillars of American poetry‚ was a prolific transcendentalist who is considered to be one of the most significant of all American poets. Sexually explicit feelings‚ and religiously subversive implications in her poetry‚ along

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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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    The Life of Emily Dickinson Although she lived a seemingly secluded life‚ Emily Dickinson’s many encounters with death influenced many of her poems and letters. Perhaps one of the most ground breaking and inventive poets in American history‚ Dickinson has become as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as for her incredible poems and letters. Numbering over 1‚700‚ her poems highlight the many moments in a 19th century New Englander woman’s life‚ including the deaths of some of her most

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    Josh Mclawhorn Eng 232 Professor Etheridge 9/24/2012 Emily Dickinson’s “The Snake” “The snake” by Emily Dickinson is a 24 line poem describing an encounter with a snake in the grass. The six stanzas of the poem flow together in an ABCB rhyme scheme yet are not formalized into any specific meter. “The Snake” says that Dickinson shares a friendly and appreciative connection with a snake because it is being of nature‚ just as she is a being of nature; but even while she appreciates this creature‚

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