Emily Dickenson And The Theme Of Death
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Emily Dickenson, an unconventional 19th century poet, used death as
the theme for many of her poems. Dickenson's poems offer a creative and
refreshingly different perspective on death and its effects on others. In
Dickenson's poems, death is often personified, and is also assigned to
personaliti ....
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.... sense of coldness as someone is frozen to death:
"This is the Hour of Lead--
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow--
First--Chill--then Stupor--then the letting go--"
The innovative diction in this passage creates an eerie atmosphere all by
itself. The effect of this passage is reminiscent of the famous macabre
monologue at the end of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Dickenson also
excellently portrays the restlessness of the mourners in this following
passage: ....
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