Understanding Emily Dickinson

Understanding Emily Dickinson

Broward College

Outline

Introduction:

Biography of the author, Emily Dickinson

Genre of the author’s poetry

Main themes of the authors works and poems

Main types of imagery used in the authors poems

Thesis Statement: The main ideas of all of Emily Dickinson’s poems is faith and things that really do go beyond the real world.

“Success Is Counted Sweetest”

Motivation to succeed in everything you do

Appreciating all the things you succeed at in life

Doing everything you can to succeed at everything you do

“Because I Could Not Stop For Death”

Death should never be feared because you cannot stop it

Immortality is a part of everyones life

Certainty of spirituality after death

“There’s A Certain Slant Of Light”

Isolation is not something to be afraid of

Separation is something that comes with life

Oppression

“The Soul Selects Her Own Society”

Ominous

There’s a higher power in the spiritual world around us

Believing in higher powers effects your life

“Hope Is The Thing With Feathers”

You should always have a little bit of faith

Having hope will bring things to your life

Calming

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I thought writing this paper was enjoyable. If I had to choose a topic to research, poets and literature would not have been my first choice. However, I did enjoy researching and learning about Emily Dickinson’s work. Her life story and how she came to be a poet is very interesting and inspiring. Every one of her poems are so deep and meaningful. I enjoyed being able to research a lot of those poems and seeing how each one of them has a different theme and meaning. Many of her poems were very motivational and inspiring which pushed me to want to research her works more and more. Overall, even though I wouldn’t choose this topic to research, I still found it to be very educational and enjoyable at the same time.

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