Symbolism in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson
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This 5 page report discusses symbolism in the poetry of Emily Dickinson. In many of her poems, Dickinson celebrated her role as a transmitter of spiritual mysteries, intertwining faith and art. A very real aspect of the most transcendent of poetry is the elegant use of symbolism in a way that connects or inspires the reader. Dickinson provides literally hundreds of examples of that transcendence. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Dickinson’s A Spider Sowed At Night and Whitman’s Noiseless Patient Spider
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A great many differences are seen when comparing the life experiences between Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. This 3 page paper argues that The style of A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman and A Spider Sewed At Night by Emily Dickinson is different, however, both poems can be categorized as 'nature' poems through the inclusion of the spider as metaphor for the soul. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Death and Emily Dickinson
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A five page paper looking at Emily Dickinson’s view of death as expressed in such poems as “Because I Could Not Stop For Death,” “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died,” and “Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers.” The paper concludes that Dickinson feels that while one should not fear death, one should also make the most of life, for it doesn’t get better than this. Bibliography lists four sources.
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The Theme of Death and the Afterlife in Milton and Dickinson
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This 10 page paper considers the theme of death as it is presented both by John Milton and Emily Dickinson, with a concentration on the way in which specific characters appear to lead others into the afterlife. This paper assesses the perspectives of both authors as presented in Milton’s Paradise Lost and Emily Dickinson’s poem 712, “Because I could not stop for Death...” Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Comparing Dickinson And Whitman
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Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman were contemporaries in time and space but worlds apart in experience. This 5 page paper argues that the poems, A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman and A Spider Sewed At Night by Emily Dickinson are both nature poems that employ allusion and repetition to compare the spider with the soul of the writer. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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