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Essay / Emily Dickson - 2663
An almost unknown poet during her lifetime, Emily Dickinson is today considered one of the most mysterious and original American poets of the 19th century for her innovation in rhythmic meters and her creative use of metaphors. His poems were rarely published in Russia because most of them had religious content (the expression of religious feelings was prohibited in Russia for almost a century). However, some poems I read impressed me at first glance. Dickinson's poems spoke powerfully to me about significant life events. Many impressions that she summarized in just a few words helped me understand my own experience through her emotional clarity. It was not easy to understand Dickinson's poems. I had to read “between the lines” to understand what she meant. However, his poems contained pain and sorrow that I can easily relate to due to several losses I had to go through in my personal life. Her tone appealed to me even more when I learned that she didn't raise her talent from life experience, traveling the world, meeting great people, or receiving a great education. Almost all her life, Emily spent her time in her father's house, observing nature from the window. Emily didn't write about life, she wrote about her feelings that arise from her connection to the surrounding life. Her isolation from the outside world put her in a mysterious aura, as she had seen something better and deeper than what an ordinary person can see. The tone of Emily's poems seems set aside and peaceful, - without fear, nor dread, nor anguish, as if she had discovered all the secrets of the world, or had learned to know universal Wisdom, and nothing couldn't touch her. To write about Dickinson's poetry convincingly, I had to read several of her poems to find...... middle of paper ......sity Press, 1964Melani, Lilia. “Emily Dickinson – Pain.” Department of English: Lilia Melani. Brookling College. January 24, 2003. April 19, 2008 Merriman, CD “Emily Dickinson.” The Literary Network. March 18, 2008. Jalic Inc. April 17, 2008 Pollak, Vivian R. “Introduction.” A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004 Scribner, Charles. “Emily Dickinson.” American Writers. Ed. Walton Litz. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998 Wagoner, Hyatt H. "Emily Dickinson." American Poets from the Puritans to the Present. Rev. Louisiana State University. Press, 1984 Wells, Ann Mary. “Early Reviews of Emily Dickinson.” On Dickinson. The best of American literature. Ed. Edwin H. Cady and Louis J. Budd. Durham: Duke University Press, 1990. Wolff, Cynthia Griffin. Emily Dickinson. New York: De Capo Press, 1988.[ return to top ]