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Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes, 2006.
A look at how both Emily Dickinson's poem, "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and Langston Hughes' poem, "Mulatto" reflect the changes that were taking place in American society during the times the poems were written.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how Emily Dickinson's poem, "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church", and Langston Hughes' poem, "Mulatto", both reflect changes happening in each poet's generation even though the two poems are drastically different. The paper explains that Hughes' poem touches on the changes in the views and attitudes of African-Americans and whites in post-civil war America, while Dickinson poem touches on the theme of religion in her poem, showing how times have changed the way that faith and religious practice are viewed. In an analysis of Langston Hughes' poem, "Mulatto", the paper explains that the poem expresses the immense anger through images of rape, oppression, and mixed emotion. The very title and the indecision over being half white and half black represent many of the key issues in prejudice that were apparent in the early 1900s in America. That time was also complicated for people who were mulatto, like the author of this poem.
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Love, loss, home and family in the poetry of Emily Dickinson, 1990.
Explores the concepts of love, loss, home and family in the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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" Readers of the poetry of Emily Dickinson have had several different images of the poet in mind, with perhaps the primary one being the "New England Nun," a version of her life which sees her as a heroic virgin who lived behind the walls of her father's house and renounced the world in order to nurture in sorrow the higher and purer love of someone who was absent forever. Much of this image is a myth, but the power of her poetry to convey emotions and a special sense of love and loss is not, as can be seen in an examination of her poetry.
Much of the myth of Emily Dickinson centers on the fact that she lived most of her life in one house, and the concept of home is central in her work and is also embodied with her ideas of love, love for family, love for nature, love for life. Dickinson's image of home is turned into an image of herself--her..."
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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson, 1999.
An analysis of Emily Dickinson's poetry, including a detailed discussion of major themes, style, language and poetics used.
4,605 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 119.95
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This paper examines in depth the works of Emily Dickinson, a nineteenth century poet and recluse. It includes a discussion of the biographical details in Emily's life and how her life experiences shaped her writings with such themes as nature, loss and love and her poetic tecniques, language and form. Eleven of her poems are reviewed, including "Because I Could not Stop for Death", "I Know Some Lonely Houses off the Road", "A Bird Came Down the Walk", and "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain".
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"Her shifting attitude towards immortality is paralleled by her ambivalence about the existence of a god. Although she continued to search, Dickinson's poems reveal that she never rests comfortably in belief and certainty. She struggles for proof of god and eternal life in her interpretations of experience and in her participation in the natural world. In the end, however, the skeptic and the believer simultaneously characterise Dickinson's stance."
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Imaginative Freedom within the Poetry of Emily Dickinson, 2003.
An analysis of Emily Dickinson's "I Dwell in Possibility" and "They Shut me up in Prose".
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This paper examines the techniques employed by Emily Dickinson in the poems "I Dwell in Possibility" and "They Shut me up in Prose." The paper examines the author's background as an orthodox Calvinist and examines the effect that her childhood religious influences had on her poetry. The essay makes the point that Dickinson's poetry was often a vehicle for her criticisms about organized religion and the role of the church. Both poems are cited within the essay.
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"The limitlessness of the imagination is symbolized in both poems by metaphors that represent the power of creativity and how it can be spiritually enlightening. By relating the ordinary to the extraordinary, Dickinson shows the power of the mind to see beyond the mundane and find deeper meaning within it. The house in "I dwell in Possibility-" is portrayed as ethereal and divine. The roof is "Everlasting" and it has "Gambrels of the Sky" (7 - 8). The roof is described as being impossibly tall, reaching up towards the sky, symbolic of the imagination's ability to find spirituality within everyday existence. In the poem, she also is figuratively able to hold Heaven in her hands: "The spreading wide my narrow Hands/ to gather Paradise - "(11 - 12)."
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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson, 2004.
An examination of four of Emily Dickinson?s poems and how they remain timeless over one hundred years after her death.
1,034 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper discusses how Emily Dickinson?s influences, as well as her thoughts, can certainly be seen in the context of her poetry. It analyzes four of her poems to determine how, from her Puritan upbringing and her secluded lifestyle, Dickinson was able to ponder life?s mysteries and express her attitudes toward them in poems rich with detail and imagery. The poems reviewed are ?Some Keep The Sabbath Going To Church?, ?I Never Saw a Moor?, ?Because I Could Not Stop For Death?, and ?The Bustle in the House? .
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"An example of Dickinson?s almost hermit existence can be seen in her poem, ?Some Keep The Sabbath Going To Church.? Here, she tells us that she keeps the Sabbath by staying home ?With a Bobolink for a Chorister?/And an orchard, for a Dome?(326-7)?. This indicates how she is comfortable at home with a bird serving as a choir and an orchard for a church dome. These metaphors successfully indicate that Dickinson can see and experience God in her home as well as others can in church. Dickinson sees herself as having wings (329) and not in desperate need of a sermon. This poem is important today because society is filled with distractions that compete for our attention. ?Some Keep The Sabbath Going To Church.? also illustrates Dickinson?s approach to the afterlife."
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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson, 2004.
Examines the themes in the poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death?, ?I Felt a Funeral in My Brain?, and ?I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died?, written by Emily Dickinson.
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This paper examines the themes of death and dying in three of Emily Dickinson's poems, as well as Dickinson's style and she technique she used in the poems.
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"In her popular poem, ?Because I Could Not Stop for Death,? Dickinson provides us with an excellent example of her unique perspective regarding death. This lyric poem reads well and the rhyming structure of it seems to contradict its serious subject matter. It also presents us with an image of the poet. The tone in this poem is significant because the poem does not express fear or melancholy. Another interesting aspect of this poem is point of view. Interestingly, the deceased poet writes it. This perspective allows the poet to view death and life in a completely different way."
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Poetry by Emily Dickinson, 2006.
Analyzes two separate poems by American poet, Emily Dickinson.
1,351 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper shows that Emily Dickinson's individualistic style of diction, as it relates to her poems, "Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers" and "The Soul Selects Her Own Society," is indicative of her assimilation of her context, her time and the value of the idealistic nature of language and belief. The paper argues that Dickinson is clearly a reflection of her time and her works are a reflection of her diversity and genius.
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"Dickinson conveys meaning beyond her initial message by redefining words from her trusted lexicon, even to the point of bawdry, some would say. There is no message of choice or loss within her works that is not relished by her wordplay. To her the divine is associated not with a future promise but with the ability to keep learning and growing as an individual and a poet."
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Pain in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson, 2004.
Metaphors of death, cessation of time, and machinery in three poems about pain.
1,332 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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In this paper, the writer compares three of Dickinson's poems about pain. It analyzes the reasons behind recurrent metaphors of death, cessation of time, and machinery in the three poems. The conclusion is that Dickinson uses such graphic metaphors to convey an intensity of pain that otherwise defies language. In other words, the speaker's response to pain in each of the three poems must be compared to something else, since that is the only way the reader can truly comprehend the extent of the pain suffered.
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"Emily Dickenson describes pain in several of her poems. Often it is implied that the source of the subject?s pain is the death of a loved one, however in other poems the source is never explicitly given. Many of the poems dealing with pain employ similar metaphors to articulate the intensity of grief, whatever the cause. In several of her poems Dickenson repeats metaphors of death, cessation of time, and machines to convey the nature of pain and its paralyzing effect on one?s life."
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Emily Dickinson's Poetry, 2006.
An analysis of the theme of death as a leitmotif in Emily Dickinson's poetry.
4,954 words (approx. 19.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 125.95
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The following paper concentrates on the variety of ways Emily Dickinson's expresses her thoughts and feelings about death in her poetry. One central focus of the analysis is to point out Dickinson's originality and creativity emerging from a gloomy topic. It looks at how Dickinson does not only reflect on death, she presents the intrepid self experimenting with the idea of its own cessation. The paper also provides short comments on some stylistic devices in order to clarify the interdependence between Dickinson's ideas and her use of language.
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Introduction
Death Understood as Eternal Sleep
Between Life and Death: Death from the Perspective of the Dying
Death as Emphasis on Love
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Emily Dickinson is recognized today as one of America's greatest poets. Her reputation rests partly on a body of poems that forcefully portray death. Dickinson's death-poetry is marked by both the poet's enthusiasm and her willpower to face, grasp, and describe the circumstances of dying instead of evading the dreadful theme that often eludes language. Moreover, exploring the theme of death from various viewpoints, Dickinson appears to transcend a boundary that is impossible to penetrate in reality. Notwithstanding, she managed to remain the observer and recorder of her considerations and emotions."
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Emily Dickinson's Poetry, 2004.
Examines how American poet Emily Dickinson made use of imagery in her work.
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Emily Dickinson is often thought of as "America's Poet" and during her short life, she created an enormous amount of poetry. One of the most important literary devices Dickinson used in her work was imagery, and she used it in a variety of unique ways to make her poetry more enduring, more meaningful, and extremely compelling. This paper discusses the use of many different forms of imagery in her poetry. It quotes from Dickinson's poetry to provide examples.
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"However, circles are not the only imagery Dickinson employed in her works. Nature was a common theme for her poetry, and she used many diverse images of nature to convey her meanings and thoughts. Flowers form a large part of this natural imagery, and one expert notes there are over 400 references to flowers or their parts in her poetry (Eberwein 115-116). She used flower imagery as she used other imagery in her works, to denote a wide variety of themes, from God to bliss, women, and some even believe female genitalia. Poem 137 shows a bit of this erotic and sensual imagery conjured up by the daisies in the verse. "Flowers -- Well -- if anybody / Can the ecstasy define -- / Half a transport -- half a trouble -- / With which flowers humble men: / Anybody find the fountain / From which floods so contra flow -- / I will give him all the Daisies / Which upon the hillside blow" (Dickinson)."
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Langston Hughes' Poetry, 1972.
This paper discusses the poetry of African-American poet Langston Hughes including Sandburg's influence, folk dialect, naturalism and black experiences.
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"Langston Hughes' poetry is meaningful to today's children. He speaks of the basic elements and emotions in life - love, hate, aspirations, despair; he writes in the language of today, and speaks of tomorrow.".
So says Lee Bennett Hopkins, editor of a volume of Hughes poetry. It is a near perfect summation of the pure simplicity of style and meaning which combine to give power to Hughes' work. Above anything else, Hughes' poetry and prose are dependent on his abstinence from a strained sort of symbolism. This would only detract from his intentions. When Hughes speaks of life, he reduces it to its most basic components. These components, as Hopkins noted, are clear to any reader. They rely on elements which are so common in human experience that they know no racial bars."
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Emily Dickinson?s Poetry, 2002.
Examines the use of insects and little creatures in poems by American poet, Emily Dickinson.
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The paper shows that one type of image that American poetess Emily Dickinson uses again and again is that of the insect or other tiny creature, with different insects being used as metaphors for love and sexual relations. The paper explains that the insect or other tiny creatures, such as the worm, seem to represent nature for Dickinson and particularly procreation and regeneration, perhaps because of a perceived role by insects in spreading seeds of plants and trees. Focusing on her poem "In Winter in My Room", a work which also reflects Dickinson's self-discovery and use of her immediate surroundings and experiences, the paper shows that Dickinson uses these images in different ways in her poetry.
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"Much of the myth of Emily Dickinson centers on the fact that she lived most of her life in one house, and the concept of home is central in her work and is also embodied with her ideas of love; love for family, love for nature, and love for life. Dickinson's image of home is turned into an image of herself--her home is her world, and she has a perception of the architecture of the home that is akin to her perception of the architecture of the body. The home and the elements that make up the home, including its garrets, chambers, rooms, corridors, doorways, and windows, project the form of the poet's mind and bring the reader closer to Dickinson's evolving sense of "place," as person and poet. Other images objectify her inner life, including all of her major concerns--self, family, love, loneliness, madness, renunciation, nature, God, death, immortality, eternity, and poetry itself. Here again, the "home" is invaded by, and even improved by, the role of the insect, representing the regenerative element in nature."
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The Poetry and Life of Langston Hughes, 2002.
An in-depth look at the work and life of the famous black poet Langston Hughes.
2,505 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper examines the work of poet, Langston Hughes. The author emphasizes this poet's contribution to the world of poetry and literature and looks at how his writings impacted black society and helped voice the concerns of the American black community.
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"Langston Hughes has been called the Poet Laureate of the African American people. He was a prolific writer rising to a fame achieved by few other poets. He wrote expressive essays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Through his writing Langston voiced the needs and concerns of the black people that otherwise would have gone unheard. Langston was also involved in the Harlem renaissance through his inspirational writing inspired itself by the people of Harlem. Langston served as an inspiration for writers, composers, playwrights and all others in Harlem. "With his rich poetic voice, nurturing generosity, warm humor, and abiding love of black people, Langston Hughes was one of the dominant voices in American literature of this century and perhaps the single most influential black poet. (Heath, 1-2)"
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The Poetry of Langston Hughes, 2006.
This paper discusses the writing style of poet Langston Hughes and analyzes two of his works, "One More 'S' in the USA" and "Good Morning Revolution".
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The author examines how Hughes' works reflected African-American experiences and culture, but that his personal life and political beliefs seemed to limit his writings. The writer also discusses two poems, "One More 'S' in the USA" and "Good Morning Revolution", attempting to show how Hughes felt about social and political injustices and his sympathies with the working class.
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"Hughes has earned a place amongst the greatest poets America has ever produced, but his politics and an inaccurate reputation for being a Communist place a limit on the amount of his works that are included in many anthologies."
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Love In Emily Dickinson's Poetry, 1993.
Analyzes her philosophy & imagery in types of love: home, self, sex, God, romance, marriage and nature.
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" Readers of the poetry of Emily Dickinson over the years have had several different images of the poet in mind, with perhaps the primary one being the "New England Nun," a version of her life which sees her as a heroic virgin who lived behind the walls of her father's house and renounced the world in order to nurture in sorrow the higher and purer love of someone who was absent forever. This images sees the woman opening her heart through her poetry. Thwarted love has been the central issue in the legend surrounding her, and her deeper feelings are manifested in her poetry through her love of nature and children.
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Trapped by an era considered intellectually dogmatic and emotionally limited, the poet triumphs through her writing, which outlives the age and proves to be.."
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