Human’s brain is considered as the most complex tissue among all creatures. Emily Dickinson successfully compared the brain’s ability to interpret‚ absorb and look into‚ and generalize to the ability of ocean‚ the sky‚ and God. The imagination in the brains is wider than the sky. The sky is the atmosphere people see from the earth. So even though the sky looks wide‚ it has a limit. However‚ there is no limitation of the imaginations in the brain. The sky cannot restrict people’s mind being
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Explication on Emily Dickinson Poem: Deterioration of the Brain Dickinson’s “I felt a Funeral in my Brain‚” 340 [280] exemplifies two meanings in the poem. The speaker is either losing her mind or she is having some serious pains in her head that makes her wish she were deceased. The speaker sight sees the machineries of the human mind under pressure and attempts to copy the stages of a mental breakdown through the overall metaphor of a funeral. The mutual ceremonials of a funeral are used by
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language can be the most effective to express complex ideas. Emily Dickinson uses plain words to great effect‚ such as in the poem‚ "The Brain - is wider than the Sky". The poem compares and contrasts the human brain with the sky‚ the sea‚ and God. This poem is manageable enough for the casual reader to understand‚ and yet opens up ideas for the sophisticated reader to explore. In the following paragraphs I will analyze Dickinson’s poem‚ line for line‚ and explain the theme of the poem‚ which
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2012 American poet‚ Emily Dickinson‚ is a great example of the transition from the wordy Romantic style of writing to literary transcendentalism. Dickinson’s elliptical style and compact phrases are heavily exemplified in her poem 1577(1545)‚ “The Bible is an antique Volume.” This piece is full of satire as the speaker questions society’s blind obedience to Christianity and ultimately suggests the embracing of a new religion. The speaker gracefully degrades the Bible’s right as the solitary means
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Emily Dickinson’s poetry can be seen as a study of deep fears and emotions‚ specifically in her exploration of death. In her famous poem #465 Dickinson explores the possibility of a life without the elaborate‚ finished ending that her religious upbringing promised her. She forces herself to question whether there is a possibility of death being a mundane nothingness. In this last moment of doubt in the appearance of the divine‚ the speaker in the poem find an independent and personal acceptance of
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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 her poems
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Worse Than Death ——An Analysis of Irony in Emily Dickinson’s “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain” The whole poem was in the past tense‚ just like relating to the poet’s nostalgic retrospective‚ telling a story that truly happened to her. What’s so scary a part about the poem is‚ if without the first line‚ the major subject— a “Funeral” that Emily once went through by herself‚ offering readers an angle of view from their own coffins‚ alive. The poem‚ thus‚ has put up a question probably with no answer:
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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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themes. Emily Dickinson’s‚ “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” captures the feelings of one whom is accepting death with open arms‚ while reminiscing on her journey through life. Dickinson’s life‚ as well as historical context plays a large role in influencing “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.” Throughout her life she became increasingly isolated‚ as well as facing many circumstances surrounded by death and pain in which the effects of this came outward in her literary works. Dickinson’s use of
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During her life‚ poet Emily Dickinson was not one for social events. There is a singular known image of the poet and she lived most of her life inside of her house‚ out of touch with the rest of the world around her. Unlike Hester Prynne‚ Dickinson’s separation from civilization was of her own choosing. Her introversion is reflected in her work‚ as a lot of her poetry has to do with the isolation of person and the rest of society. It is not known whether Dickinson had depression or not‚ but from
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