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times of battle. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, D.B. asks Allie, “who was the best war poet, Rupert Brooke or Emily Dickinson” (140). The question proposed can be answered with many different opinions, as the individual's knowledge and understanding of each poet will impact their decision. In contrast to Rupert Brooke, Emily Dickinson is clearly the superior war poet as she portrays soldiers and the idea of death in an insightful manner, which causes the reader to go beyond

Emily Dickinson was one of the most ambiguous authors of her time. Her poetry remains a mystery to so many readers and her lack of biographical information makes her writing even more intriguing. Dickinson spent most of her life away from society, therefore, very few people knew how she viewed the aspects of life, let alone knew what her writing meant. Her interpretations of concepts such as religion, nature, and death are often seen as contradicting and pinning one specific thesis on her views is

have encompassed a significant portion of prosodic literature. Two of the foremost war poets of the 19th and 20th century—Emily Dickinson and Rupert Brooke—have both written about profound implications of war on society and also upon the human spirit albeit in two very different styles. The book, Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, theorizes through Allie, that Emily Dickinson was indubitably the superior war poet. Furthermore, when we analyze their works as well, we realize the invariable fact that

Emily Dickinson’s works are studied by various audiences from high school students to college scholars. Even without striving to hope that her works would impact so many generations, Dickinson has influenced many generations of poets and plays a major role in the development of American Literature. Dickinson did not become famous for her works until after her death in 1886. Not only is Emily Dickinson’s work important to the study of American Literature, most of her writings were composed during

Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson is one of America’s greatest poets, her work was original and unique, and the speakers in her poem would often express what limitations they saw in their society and how they wish they could escape it. Although Dickinson became a famous poet, she didn’t want her work published, during her lifetime other people would have some of her poems published. The poems that were published were considered to be eccentric and were altered significantly by publishers. Dickinson

“The Soul selects her own Society” – Emily Dickinson. Dickinson and Whitman have dealt with many events in life. During their years certain events had happened which influenced their writing. Dickinson and Whitman expressed those thoughts into poetry. Both contributed to cultural conversations by describing issues that happened during their lifetime and how poetry had gotten them to where they were. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 (biography.com). She died in 1886 on May

Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath explore the dangers of losing their individual-self in their poems I felt a funeral in my brain and The arrival of the bee box. They portray that lack of power makes them feel helpless to a point where they cannot control their minds. Both Dickinson and Plath use poetry as an emotional release for their troubled minds, demonstrating their descend into madness. Dickinson repeats certain words in a rhythmic pacing to highlight what she feels. She constructs images

much attention. Mysterious were only those few stanzas that had to be interpreted and re-read a couple more times. Clarity overall surpassed mysterious. Overall this poem consisting of six stanzas written by Emily Dickinson was about how the speaker apprehends death. Emily Dickinson wrote this poem to express her thoughts on how accepting death was. However just because death from illnesses and accidents were normal there must have been a reason to why Emily

Title of Essay Emily Dickinson is a poet who lived a reserved, sheltered and private life maintaining friendships through written letters. She wrote over 1800 poems in her isolated life. Her poems were published and became known after her death. The reason why this happened is because her siblings found her written letters hidden in her room and published it after she had died. Both of her poems, “Before I got my eye put out” and “We grow accustomed to the Dark” are metaphorical, in ways like

Emily Dickinson, one of America’s most original poets, lived much of her life in isolation; she rarely published her work and seldom left her home in Massachusetts (Biography.com). Living in seclusion led to Dickinson eventually falling into a state of madness. Her thoughts and feelings were captured in the poem “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain”. Through the use of repetition, connotation, and symbolism, Dickinson communicates with the reader about her feelings during the descent into madness. Repetition