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Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is a female American poet whose poems were unique to the era in which she wrote. She is considered one of the most original 19th Century poets.

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What is Emily Dickinson's view on religion?

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The Emily Dickinson Museum website has an informative article about "Emily Dickinson and the Church.". As the text mentions, Dickinson lived at a time when Christian Beliefs and increasing scientific discovery brought about troubling questions on topics of God and nature. As a child, Dickinson attended church with her family, and her family was religious within the household as well. Dickinson was familiar with the Bible and often referenced verse in her letters and poems. Many of her poems were influenced by church music and the meter of hymns. As a teen, however, Dickinson decided to not become a full member of the church, and ultimately stopped attending services altogether. Dickinson's views on religion are especially present in her poetry, although her tone and opinion vary. Although she did not attend church publicly, Dickinson had a definite interest in topics of faith, suffering, salvation, and mortality.

Overall, religion played a major role Dickinson's poetry. I would encourage you to check out the aforementioned article, as well as the CliffNotes article "Emily Dickinson's Ideas," that discusses in more detail the influence of religion on Dickinson's works.

In Emily Dickinson's poem They dropped like flakes - what does across the June mean?

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First, most of her biographers say this poem was influenced by the Civil War, and she points out the irony of so many sudden deaths, comparing them to other transient things in nature --like flakes, like stars, like petals from a rose. The men were here, and now, suddenly, they are gone. They perished (died) in the seamless grass, and only God knows who they were. The line about "across the June" probably continues with the contrast between the tragic death of the soldiers and the beauty of the month of June, when summer arrives in the east-- the warmth of June contrasted with the eternal coldness of the grave.

When was The Emily Dickinson Journal created?

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The Emily Dickinson Journal was created in 1991.

Who did Emily Dickinson admire as a writer?

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Emily Dickinson Met Benjamin Franklin Newton; Who Introduced Her To The Writings Of William Wordsworth. So I Imagine That She Admired William.

When was Emily Dickinson recognized as an important poet?

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She died before any of her poems were published :)

What is Emily dickinson claim of meaning in safe in their chambers?

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Safe in their alabaster chambers,

Untouched by morning and untouched by noon,

Sleep the meek members of the resurrection,

Rafter of satin, and roof of stone. Light laughs the breeze in her castle of sunshine;

Babbles the bee in a stolid ear;

Pipe the sweet birds in ignorant cadence,--

Ah, what sagacity perished here!

Grand go the years in the crescent above them;

Worlds scoop their arcs, and firmaments row,

Diadems drop and Doges surrender,

Soundless as dots on a disk of snow.

This poem is ironic, starting with the first line. In what sense or way are the dead "safe"? Is this the way you would like to be safe? "Alabaster" has two meanings; alabaster is expensive and beautiful; it is also cold and unfeeling. "Chambers" begins the metaphor of the tomb being a home and the dead being asleep; the satin "rafter" lines the coffin lid, and the tomb is stone. If the sleepers are "members of the resurrection," why are they still sleeping or buried in the ground? why are they not risen? Why does time ("morning" and "noon") pass them by? The terms "resurrection" and "meek" call up the promises of Christ that the meek would inherit the earth and enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Stanza two describes the indifference of nature to the dead; it is spring or summer, whose rebirth or fulfillment contrasts with the isolated dead. They do not hear the joyful sounds of nature, for their ears are "stolid" (stolid: unemotional, unresponsive). The birds are ignorant in that they know nothing of the dead. The gifts and accomplishment of the dead are buried too; does this suggest that these gifts and accomplishments are ultimately meaningless? Why does Dickinson use the word "perished"?

It is possible that Dickinson, raised in the Puritan tradition, also has in mind the idea that God's will can be seen in the working of nature. The Puritans saw in every fact of nature the working of God's law; every physical happening paralleled and revealed a spiritual law. If Dickinson was thinking of nature symbolically for signs of God's will and presence, then nature's indifference reveals God's indifference; the references to nature become even more ironic in that case.

The last stanza portrays the "grand" passage of time and the movements of the universe ("world" and "firmaments"). Human history undergoes revolutions: kings lose their "diadems" or crowns; doges, the former rulers of Venice, lose wars. Humanity is indifferent to the dead. They have no effect on or relationship to life in this world, just as they have none to an eternal one. They sleep on; there has been no resurrection. Christ's promise is false.

The last line is baffling, "Soundless as dots on a disk of snow." Frankly, I don't know what it means, nor have any explanations I've heard or read convinced me. This line has received a considerable amount of attention. I do find the image somehow moving and effective and am willing to join those critics who say that it speaks to us at a non-linguistic level. So I leave you to puzzle out a meaning--or not--for this line.

Though I classify this poem under the theme of "God," it obviously discusses death, immortality, and fame as well.

Who or what inspired Emily Dickinson to write poetry?

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Emily had a lot of inspiration. Some of her poems were written in the style of hymns, like the Bible. She was also inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was a family friend. although that's true she had many more inspirations including people her one and only dog and even her brother. she mained her poetry on religion as Emerson and nature ina dark way after a life expierence.

What type of poem Emily Dickinson's This is my letter to the World?

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This poem has a deep meaning behind it. Through out emilys life she set dreams or goals that she wanted to achieve. When she was diagnosed with her disease she started to wonder why he dreams and goals werent achieved. why he questions were never answered. She gave her all and tried to do better than the rest, but the world didnt give her the amount of time she needed to achieve her dream. so in this poem she shows that she wanted to much more for her self.

Emily is writing a letter to the world in the form of a poem. The world does not recognize her because she never stepped foot past her house/garden. She seems to be able to predict that someday people will be reading her poems. She wishes to pass on the messages and lessons that nature has taught her. Emily also has the expectation that the future readers of her poems will enjoy nature as she did (line 7). She requests in the last two lines that the readers will enjoy her poems and not critique them too harshly (unlike some of the people who have left comments here). The topic/abstract image is Nature and the concrete image is a letter. This is a beautiful poem with a great message .Kim Eun Hye

From emily dickinson's the sky is low give an example of personification?

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Alright so there is "the clouds are mean" obviously the clouds cannot really be mean they just look mean. There is also "a narrow wind complains all day" the wind is really just whistling like wind does, but the poet describes it as complaining to help set the mood of the poem.

What is Emily Dickinson's ethnicity?

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Emily Dickinson was indeed Caucasian. She was a wonderful America poet. Sadly, she died of Bright's disease at the age of 55.

Why did Emily Dickinson like to write poetry?

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Check Wikipedia

How did poet Emily Dickinson die?

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Emily Dickinson died of Brights Disease on May 15, 1886.

What public office did Emily Dickinson's father hold?

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Edward Dickinson served numerous terms as a State Legislator, and represented the Hampshire district in the United States Congress

Why are Walt Whitman and Emily dickinson such important poets?

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Most artists/ writers / poets / scientists / philosophers / engineers are deemed 'important' when they are credited with an original thought or being the originator of a new way of working/ seeing/thinking.

Why are Emily dickinsons short poems so respected?

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it's a creative drive & writing tools is what she had.

Did poet Emily Dickinson watch an organized baseball game?

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Yes, Emily was born in 1830 and the first organized game was in 1846. Now do your own computer tech work!

Where was Emily Dickinson buried?

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West Cemetary

Amherst, MA

What is the most probable reason the rhyme and repetition first found theit ways into poems?

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poets use repetition for importance for effect and to make a phrase sound more

What did Emily Dickinson want to see?

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Emily Dickinson goal in her life was to become a poet.

Which is in the book Emily Dickinson Her letter to the world by Polly Longsworth.