The Figurative Language In Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes

In the poem “The Shirt” by Robert Pinksy, the author conveys that his article of clothing has historical value. The poem starts with imagery with the creation of the Shirt in a sweatshop. Then proceeds to take the reader to experience the tragedy at Triangle Factory. During this story, the author makes the imagery connection with the man stepping off the sill and how his clothes reacted in the wind. Additionally, Pinksy uses diction to convey this message.

Emily Dickinson suffered lost of sight .She metaphorically used her tragedy and made it into poems of how she felt and how she got accustomed to losing her sight. In Before I Got My Eye Put Out Emily makes it seems as though it isn’t fair that she doesn’t have her sight and all other living things do. She uses metaphors to show the reader how unfair losing her sight was as well. Emily also wanted to show her readers how she accustomed to the losing her sight, metaphorically of course.

When Henley speaks of the different aspects of one's’ life, he uses proper words and terminology that a reader can understand and that is the goal of his diction- to make the poem relatable and real. In “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark,” Emily Dickinson transitions between multiple perspectives in her narration, at some points she will use

Another literary device that Dickinson uses in this poem is satire. Satire, in literature, is the making fun of a human character flaw or some type of human weakness. She uses satire to point out the flaws in society such as their need to talk and go on about the smallest and most unimportant details even if they know that the person which they are talking to does not really care. She states that it must be boring to be one of the “somebody’s”, with all the noise and attention that they receive directing what they do. She seems to be making fun of the” somebody’s” for trying to fit into a society that only cares about their own individual images.

How do we know what the real state of something is; the facts, the actuality? And when we do know the truth, should we share it with others? Does the truth hurt? Through the utilization of emotional appeal and deduction, Emily Dickinson evokes her readers emotions as she voices that one must tell the entire truth but in the same perspective, care about the listener to whom they are speaking to. Truth is vital in building relationships and keeping trust.

The speaker in Emily Dickinson’sj poem “The Soul selects her own Society '' explores and reveals themes of strength and self-reliance in society by using poetic sound devices and literary devices.. In the first two lines of the poem, Dickinson uses personification in “The Soul selects her own Society-Then- shuts the Door-'' (Dickinson 1) to explain how the soul chooses to pick her own company, such as friends, lovers, or companions, then closes herself off and “shuts'' the rest of society out. Dickinson uses dashes in “Then — shuts the Door—” to create emphasis, suspense, and pauses within her poem. By using an assonant rhyme in “Door” (Dickinson 2) and “more” (Dickinson 4), Dickinson continues to emphasize these lines.

Stylistic Analysis of Emily Dickinson Anger outlives actions. Pent-up anger is released in short bursts and dies long after its owner. “My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun” by Emily Dickinson exemplifies this idea with a relationship between a man and his gun. Dickinson uses Personification, metaphors, and her unique formatting style in “My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun” to illustrate pent-up anger’s relationship with its owner.

Upon first look, Billy Collins “Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes” seems to be a wild fantasy for Emily Dickinson that he is entertaining. Upon closer examination, however, the poem reveals his subconscious desire to have sex with his mother and his frustration about his inability to do so, resulting in the displacement of his sexual desires onto Dickinson. From the beginning, Collins is very detailed with his description. In fact he is quite anal retentive in explaining everything about the encounter. He starts from her outside clothing, “first, her tippet made of tulle” (1) and on through her mass of clothing until finally reaching her “corset” (41).

Dickinson and Whitman have revolutionized poetry eternally. Emily Dickinson’s writing shows her introverted side, she found comfort in being reclusive. Her writing clearly depicts that certain works of her will not be meant for everyone, rather

In “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”, Emily Dickinson uses imagery and symbols to establish the cycle of life and uses examples to establish the inevitability of death. This poem describes the speaker’s journey to the afterlife with death. Dickinson uses distinct images, such as a sunset, the horses’ heads, and the carriage ride to establish the cycle of life after death. Dickinson artfully uses symbols such as a child, a field of grain, and a sunset to establish the cycle of life and its different stages. Dickinson utilizes the example of the busyness of the speaker and the death of the sun to establish the inevitability of death.

Dickinson communicates why she dislikes being a “somebody” by using a simile. She writes that a “somebody…like a Frog” will feel pressured “to tell one’s name - the livelong June - to an admiring Bog” to maintain their status (Dickinson 847). This simile shows that the narrator dislikes the idea of having to retain public attention through their actions. Interpretation Throughout her poem, Dickinson tries

Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are the most representative and brilliant poets of the nineteenth century and in the American literature in general. However, we can also say that, between them, they have the most different styles of writing they can have, just as well as their lives. For example, as Christenbury (n.d.) stated, firstly that Walt Whitman was someone “[…] who struggled to get his poems published and who developed a broad admiring audience during his lifetime. In contrast, the reclusive Emily Dickinson died unknown to the world of poetry, leaving a box full of unpublished poems”. Nevertheless, we can find some similarities in their lives, for example, both of them lived in a difficult historical period: on the one hand Emily Dickinson, who was born the 10th of December of 1830 and on the other hand, Walt Whitman, who was born the 31st of May of 1819, lived the period of the American civil war.

The second version of Dickinson’s poem 124 directly revolves around the topic of death. The word “sleep” (720) in the first stanza is a euphemism for death and “chamber” (720) is a euphemism for a casket. The chambers being depicted as Alabaster, the ghostly color of deceased people’s skin, further solidifies the notion that Dickinson is addressing despite it not being explicitly stated. The poet’s exploration of the concept of death leads her to Biblical allusions. The use of the word “resurrection” (720) could be a reference towards Jesus Christ’s resurrection three days after his crucifixion.

Emily Dickinson, a leading nineteenth century poet, led a reclusive life, yet her insights to human nature were astounding. These insights, as well as her experiences with limited eyesight due to an eye condition, can be found in her poetry. “Before I got my eye put out” and“We grow accustomed to the Dark” are both pieces in which she delves into the theme of sight and stumbling in the dark on a literal as well as a figurative level. In the poem “Before i got my eye put out” she lost her sight and she was talking about what it was like to see and how she had missed being able to see.

The only certainty in life is death. It is something that shows up in every single art movement and style. This includes the work of Dickinson who lived when death would have been an ever present reality. She dealt with the death of family members as well as close friends. However Dickinson 's references to death tend to swing between the usual almost fear of it and this seeming picture of death as an almost kind figure that is not to be feared.