Question

Write an essay on the themes in emily dickinson's poems prescribed for study

Answer 1

Emily Dickinson’s poetry powerfully indicates values of society of the time. It does this through its conciseness, its simplicity and its control. Indications of society’s values are seen in many of Dickinson's poems, but they are especially noticeable in ‘It was not Death’, and ‘Because I could not stop for Death’. In Dickinson’s poem ‘It was not Death’, she demonstrates how restricting and stereotyping society can be on an individual, and how society values the conformity of the whole community, even though they may not want to. In Dickinson’s poem ‘Because I could not stop for Death’, she is questioning society’s values on religion and everlasting life.

Chaos does not only mean ‘a state of great disorder’, but also refers to a biblical place where Satan ended up when God threw him out of heaven. This brings about the possibility that Emily believes that the real world is in fact a hellish place, and the rest of society cannot see this because they are too absorbed in religion.

The restriction or strangulation of her life by society can also be seen through the verse techniques of Emily Dickinson’s ‘It was not Death’. The rhythm of the quatrains enhances the sensation of breathlessness that occurs in the poem. There is the exclusion of connecting words in stanzas three to six, and this makes it seem that the words are tumbling over one another. Also, the repetition of ‘And’ in stanza four gives the feeling of breathlessness, as if Emily is trying to quickly relate her story without taking a breath. The increasing number of pauses throughout the poem, created with both commas and dashes adds to the breathlessness feeling of the poem. This is because it creates sensations of increased inability to connect idea with idea, so as the poem progresses, the persona in the poem is becoming increasingly restricted by the implications placed on them by society.

Answer 2

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• There are several remarkable qualities or highlights of romanticism, and romanticism is a tenet which says that workmanship and writing should be freed from the laws of old style and neo old styles. They are a creative, primitive or immediate love for nature, a passion for the past or for the remote, effortless articulation, progressive energy. They are very creative minds - independence, subjectivity, super-naturalism, love for opportunity and freedom, medievalism, and transcendence of lyricism.