Emily Dickinson’s contributions to Literature through poetry.
I think Emily Dickinson is a
wonderful poet that has changed many people’s lives. In my opinion, Emily
Dickinson’s life was very mysterious. Although, I may never fully understand
the concept of why she isolated herself from the rest of the world, I have
discovered some logical reasons behind her decision. The first being her father,
Edward Dickinson, was a lawyer, treasurer, and a congressman. As a result he was always busy and never had
to spend time with his family. Ironically, Emily’s mother, who was also named
Emily Dickinson, was also never home until she eventually was restricted with
paralysis. Unfortunately has very absent parent who I am sure loved their daughter
very much, despite the fact that they were not involved and they did not know
how to express their love for her. Therefore, Emily was forced into more isolation
because her parents forced her to attend Holy Mount Seminary, a school far away
from her home town of Amherst. After a year of home sickness, Emily Dickinson
returned to Amherst. She never left her home town again expect for when she
underwent eye treatment in Philadelphia and Washington D C. Overall, I think
her isolation was sad. I blame her unsupportive parents because after her
mother died she and her sister had to do all the house work. Emily and her
siblings had no one to look after them. Overall, Emily Dickinson and her
siblings had parents, but ironically they were not there. Emily and her family
(Her sister Lavina and her brother Austin) had to raise themselves on their own,
as if their parents no impact on their lives. I was to surprised it did not
affect her successful career in a negative way. She still managed to express
herself in every way through poetry with a variety of themes such as life, love,
nature, society, death, power, and fantasy. I love Emily Dickinson’s poems except
for the poems about death because they are really sad and depressing. The only
poem about death by Emily Dickinson that I like is, “I Can Not Stop Death”
where she personifies death. I assume she wrote this poem during her two year
illness before she died. I like, “Success is Sweetest” by Emily Dickinson
because I think it really conveys a message and the feeling of pride when you
finally reach and achieve your goal in life. This was one of the first poems
she ever wrote. Furthermore, I believe every single one of Emily Dickinson’s
poems has a very insightful message about every aspect of humanity, emotions,
and how to achieve them with her own expression of poetic voice. I enjoyed reading
all of Emily Dickinson’s poems. Above all, my favorite poem by Emily Dickinson
is “I am a Nobody. Are you a Nobody too.” because I can relate to it. Emily
Dickinson wrote this poem during her isolation where she met her true friend,
Tom Higginson. My point is if I ever underestimated someone, it is Emily
Dickinson. Before this research paper I had never studied a poet especially
someone with a very unusual lifestyle. I guess I was wrong about her. She used
her life’s obstacles to her advantage in order to turn the negative concept of
isolation into a positive one to become one of the most successful poets. Emily Dickinson’s contributions to
Literature through poetry.
Throughout history, there have been
many Influential writers such as William Shakespeare, Harper Lee, Nicklaus
Sparks, and Emily Dickinson, Each writer has his or her own unique
interpretation of literature based on his or her influences and life
experiences. Every writer has their own way bringing a message to life in the
interest of the readers. Emily Dickinson’s life was the inspiration for her
poetry.
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst,
Massachusetts in a homestead on December10, 1866.She was the daughter of Emily
Norcross Dickinson and Edward Dickinson.Emily Dickinson was one three children,
she had a sister named Lavinia Dickinson and a brother named Austin Dickinson.. In addition, her mother
was never home until she was restricted to bed with paralysis for two years.
She and Austin wrote to a friend named Ann “I never had a mother”. (The Critical Survey of Great American Woman Writers
56-60). Emily and Lavinia took care of all the chores. They both became housekeeper and were never
married .Mean while, Austin became a lawyer just like her father Emily did all
the cooking, she Made Ginger bread cakes, and Rye bread. She loved to work
where she planted vegetables and flowers in her garden. I assume that is how
she was inspired to write poems about nature. Nature was a dominant theme in
her poetry. In addition ,she loved to represent robins as her friends who
always flew just as friends come and go, but family always support you no
matter what happens in life.
I
In her early childhood, Dickinson was very sociable, she liked theater
and music. As a result, of family problems, she underwent the transition of
isolated life style In addition; to the traditional housekeeper she was a
Christian of the Nineteen century. (Literature in its times 158).Emily
Dickinson attended Amherst Academy at age of nine with her sister Furthermore,
she attended Holy Mount Female Seminary forced by her parents, a religious
private school for girls. As result, of
severe homesickness she returned home to Amherst and never left again expect
for Philadelphia for eye treatment and Washington DC. Finally, she graduated
from Amherst Adamancy in 1847.Dickinson settled home at Seventeen with her
ordinary conservation of Amherst life. “She created her own little world of
images of the world she knew “(Critical Survey of Poetry 1042). I think Emily
Dickinson is a wonderful poet that has changed many people’s lives. In my opinion,
Emily Dickinson’s life was very mysterious. Although, I may never fully
understand the concept of why she isolated herself from the rest of the world,
I have discovered some logical reasons behind her decision. The first being her
father, Edward Dickinson, was a lawyer, treasurer, and a congressman. As a result he was always busy and never had
to spend time with his family. In addition, Emily’s mother, who ironically was
also named Emily Dickinson, was also never home until she eventually was
restricted with paralysis. Another reason, Emily isolated herself was because
her parents forced her to attend Holy Mount Seminary, a school far away from
her home town of Amherst. After a year of home sickness, Emily Dickinson
returned to Amherst. She never left her home town again expect for when she
underwent eye treatment in Philadelphia and Washington D C. Overall, I think
her isolation was sad. I blame her unsupportive parents because after her
mother died she and her sister had to do all the house work. Emily and her
siblings had no one to look after them. Overall, Emily Dickinson and her
siblings had parents, but ironically they were not there. Emily and her family
(Her sister Lavina and her brother Austin) had to raise themselves on their
own, as if their parents no impact on their lives. I was to surprised it did
not affect her successful career in a negative way. She still managed to
express herself in every way through poetry with a variety of themes such as
life, love, nature, society, death, power, and fantasy. I love Emily
Dickinson’s poems except for the poems about death because they are really sad
and depressing. The only poem about death by Emily Dickinson that I like is, “I
Can Not Stop Death” where she personifies death. I assume she wrote this poem
during her two year illness before she died. I like, “Success is Sweetest” by
Emily Dickinson because I think it really conveys a message and the feeling of
pride when you finally reach and achieve your goal in life. This was one of the
first poems she ever wrote. Furthermore, I believe every single one of Emily
Dickinson’s poems has a very insightful message about every aspect of humanity,
emotions, and how to achieve them with her own expression of poetic voice. I
enjoyed reading all of Emily Dickinson’s poems. Above all, my favorite poem by
Emily Dickinson is “I am a Nobody. Are you a Nobody too.” because I can relate
to it. Emily Dickinson wrote this poem during her isolation where she met her
true friend, Tom Higginson. My point is if I ever underestimated someone, it is
Emily Dickinson. Before this research paper I had never studied a poet
especially someone with a very unusual lifestyle. I guess I was wrong about
her. She used her life’s obstacles to her advantage in order to turn the
negative concept of isolation into a positive one to become one of the most
successful poets.
Many people inspired Emily Dickinson.
Most importantly, Emily Dickinson’s inspiration came from sister Lavinia and
her brother Austin who were also her closest friends. In addition, she also
loved many authors in literature such as Edgar Allan poet, William Shakespeare,
Walt witman, and Raplh Waldo.Other influential character of Dickinson was her
sister in law Susan Gilbert who was Emily’s classmate and sister in law who
married Austin. In addition, she was
also a critic of Dickinson’s
poetry. Furthermore, Tom Higginson who had an eight-year correspondence with
Dickinson helped build her career in poetry. Mary Todd was a neighbor of
Dickinson who loves her poetry and later Lavinia gather all of Dickinson’s
poetry in a seven-volume collection after she died. Lastly, Emily Dickinson
“unobtainable love “Charles Was worth a married Minster who lived a great
distance from her was the inspiration of her love poems such as the poem” Happy
Letter “and “I Am Alive” Emily Dickinson started writing poetry at twenty-eight
years old when she became a housekeeper. She explored almost every theme known
to humanity based on her environment such as love, death, power, isolation. One
of Dickinson most popular poems is I’m Nobody!
“I ‘m Nobody! Who Are You?
Are
you -Nobody _Too
Then
there’s a pair of us?
Don’t
Tell! They’d advertise -you know!
How
dreary to be Someday!
How public like a Frog
To tell one”s livelong
June
To an admiring Blog “.
(Johnson 47)
Although, this poem is written in a
gentle tone it conveys message of the essential component that people fear the
most in society being an outcast, the pure feeling of loneliness when you think
you do not belong in this world. As a result, you start to discover what true
friends are on the journey of through self-discovery of who you really are as a
person. Dickinson simultaneously ˌaddresses the fact that in society people are
idealists they want a perfect world. People always want to fit with the crowd
even if the crowd reject them for who they really are .On the other hand, Emily
Dickinson did not succumb to societal pressures just to fit in with society.
She became who she want to be she did not let anything stand in the way of
achieve her goals in life that is something her readers can really admire about
her.
Writing poetry was the only way she
expressed herself and her Sense of accomplishment in life. She conveyed this
message in the poem
“Success
is the Sweetest”
By
those who ne’er succeed.
To
comprend a nectar
Require
a sorest need
Not
one of all the purple Host
Who
took the flag today.
Can
tell victory As
he defeated_ dying_
On
whose forbidden ear.
The
distant strains of triumph
Burst
agonized clear! (Johnson 7).
People want to success in life,
before you can understand success you need to have the desire to achieve their
goals in life. People have their way of over coming obstacles to achieve their
goals in life no matter how long it takes them. When you finally accomplish
your goal you have just an over whelming feeling of pride and victory you
cannot define. When you have accomplished a goal, it feels as if the sky is
limit and the possibilities are endless. You feel as if all of the power of the
world is at your fingertips and you put the flag of victory on conquered land.
As soon as you accomplish a task, a door of opportunities will open up to you
in life.
Emily Dickinson was one of the most
influential people in the world of literature. She had just a powerful sprit,
strength,determination, independence, perseverance, and hope to achieve her goals . As a result, she became one of the successful
writers in history. Ironically. She did not want any recognize the power and
influence of her lonely and gentle voice She explored almost every theme known
to humanity based on her environment such as love, death, power, isolation. One
of Dickinson most popular poems is I’m Nobody! “I ‘m Nobody! Who Are You?
Are you -Nobody _Too
Then
there’s a pair of us?
Don’t
Tell! They’d advertise -you know!
How dreary to be Someday!
How public like a Frog
To tell one”s livelong June
To an admiring Blog “. (Johnson 47)
Although, this poem is written in a gentle
tone it conveys the message of the essential component that people fear the
most in society being an outcast, the pure feeling of loneliness when you think
you do not belong in this world. As a result, you start to discover what true
friends are on the journey of through self-discovery of who you really are as a
person. Dickinson simoustanely address the fact that in society people are
idealists they want a perfect world. People always want to fit with the crowd even
if the crowd reject them for who they really are.On the other hand, Emily
Dickinson did not succumb to societal pressures just to fit in with society.
She became who she wants to want to be she did not let anything stand in the
way of achieving her goals in life that is something her readers can really
admire about her.
Writing poetry was the only way she expressed
herself and her Sense of accomplishment in life. She conveyed this message in
the poem
“Success
is the Sweetest”
By
those who ne’er succeed.
To
comprehend a nectar
Require
the sorest need
Not
one of all the purple Host
Who
took the flag today.
Can
tell victory As he defeated_
dying_
On
whose forbidden ear.
The
distant strains of triumph
Burst
agonized clear! (Johnson 7).
People want to succeed in life before you can
understand success you need to have the desire to achieve their goals in life.
People have their way of overcoming obstacles to achieve their goals in life no
matter how long it takes them. When you finally accomplish your goal you have
just an overwhelming feeling of pride and victory you cannot define. When you
have accomplished a goal, it feels as if the sky is limit and the possibilities
are endless. You feel as if all of the power of the world is at your fingertips
and you put the flag of victory on conquered land. As soon as you accomplish a
task, a door of opportunities will open up to you in life.
Emily Dickinson was one of the most
influential people in the world of literature. She had just a powerful spirit,
strength, determination, independence, perseverance, and hope to achieve her goals. As a result,
she became one of the successful writers in history. Ironically. She did not
want any recognize the magnitude of
contributions she made to the world of her hardships I do but I will never give up
This
is one of my favorite poems. Like Emily
Dickinson I found my world through
writing, writing made me a new person and I am Sarah elgohary a young woman who
is turning my experiences into a
beautiful heart and amazing story i became a new soul. I used to think
that I was a nobody, but now much power
and influence I have on people. Emily Dickson is one of all time of my favorite writers.
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