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'I HAD been hungry all these years' by Emily Dickinson

turning, hungry, lone,/I looked in windows for the wealth/I could not hope to own (lines 5-8). Dickinson now clearly classifies he...

'My Life Had Stood - A Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages the theme, tone, meter, rhythm, form, and imagery of Dickinson's poetry structure in poem 754 are examined. There a...

Nature and the Poems of Emily Dickinson

This paper looks at Dickinson's views about and relationship with nature through a reading of several of her poems. The author lo...

20th Century Glimpses in the 19th Century Poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

In five pages these poets' visions of the next century are examined in a consideration of their respective works. Five sources ar...

'Love's Done' by Emily Dickinson

In 4 pages this paper explores the biographical elements of this Dickinson poem that are obscured by her uses of legal jargon. Th...

Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Its Religious Aspects

In ten pages this paper examines how the poet's proclaimed ambivalence about religion is undercut by the religious references in h...

'A Noiseless Patient Spider' by Walt Whitman and 'A Spider Sewed At Night' by Emily Dickinson

In three pages these two poems are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

C.S. Lewis, Emily Dickinson, and William Shakespeare on Friendship

In five pages this paper examines the nobility of friendship from the perspectives of these literary giants. Four sources are cit...

'Apparently With No Surprise' by Emily Dickinson

In one page this essay analyzes Dickinson's poem in terms of symbolism, imagery, and theme with an evaluation of her employment of...

God's 'Nature' According to Emily Dickinson and William Blake

In a paper consisting of five pages the attitudes of these poets regarding God are discussed in terms of how they are reflected in...

'A Bird Came Down the Walk' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages this poem is examined in a consideration of figurative language, imagery, and tone. There are no other sources list...

Analyzing the 1863 Poem 'My Life Had Stood - A Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages the symbolism of master and slave is applied to the destructive marital relationship described in the poem....

'I Send Two Sunsets' by Emily Dickinson

In four pages this poem is explicated and analyzed. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....

'As Imperceptibly As Grief' by Emily Dickinson II

In three pages this poem is explicated in terms of the style which is reminiscent of Protestant hymns rhythms and also considers t...

Life and Poems of Emily Dickinson

In ten pages this paper considers the poet and her poetry in terms of her preferred themes and life as a recluse. Ten sources are...

Religion and Emily Dickinson

who see; But microscopes are prudent in an emergency!" The poem whose first lines begin, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" is a ...

Number 305 'The difference between Despair' by Emily Dickinson

Additionally, Dickinson makes creative use of punctuation to create dramatic pauses between lines, as well as within them. The ...

Lesbian Theory and 'Master Letters' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages lesbian theory is applied to an analysis of 'Master Letters.' Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliography....

Historical Context of Emily Dickinson

indeed, cannot, be overlooked. A rare taste of boundless joy is exemplified in Wild nights, wild nights. Perhaps written o...

Emily Dickinson and the Poems of Fascicle Twenty-Eight

to discern the "inexhaustible richness of consciousness itself" (Wacker 16). In other words, the poetry in fascicle 28 presents ...

Emily Dickinson, Popular Music, and Death Fascination

17). While this image is certainly chilling, the overall tone of the poem is one of "civility," which is actually expressed in lin...

Ten Poems by Emily Dickinson

of mourning and regret, while singing the praises of something wondrous. I Came to buy a smile -- today (223) The first thing...

'Because I could not stop for Death' by Emily Dickinson

of this world. She is saying good-by to earthly cares and experience and learning to focus her attention in a new way, which is re...

Comparing Emily Dickinson and Anne Bradstreet

of this in the following lines which use that imagery in the comparisons: "Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain,/ Who afte...

Influences of Nature and Biography in the Works of Emily Dickinson

Dickinsons writing. While "no ordinance is seen" to those who are not participating in the war, it presence nevertheless is always...

Time Travel: Possibilities

consider the situation of Sally and Sam, who are identical twins. While Sam remains at home, Sally gets on a rocket ship, "travels...

Loneliness: Faulkner and Hemingway

is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...

Insanity: A Rose for Emily

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

Theme of Death in William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

Motive and Meaning: A Rose for Emily

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...