Analysis of Emily Dickinson's poetry, organized by themes, including short overview of the poems, analysis of key quotations and key techniques, links to other ED poems and how, as well as critic quotes that can be used to further analyze the poem (AO5)
OVERVIEW
Death, the Afterlife, and Immortality
➔ Because I Could Not Stop for Death
➔ As Imperceptibly as Grief
➔ I felt a funeral, in my Brain,
➔ I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
➔ A Wind - tapped like a Tired Man -
➔ This world is not Conclusion
Time and the Natural Cycle of Life
➔ Because I Could Not Stop for Death
➔ As Imperceptibly as Grief
Grief
➔ After great pain a formal feeling comes -
➔ I heard a fly buzz - when I died -
Love
➔ Wild Nights - Wild Nights!
Power of Hope
➔ “Hope” is the thing with feathers -
Emotions/Suppressed Emotions
➔ A Still - Volcano - Life
➔ My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -
➔ I have never seen “Volcanoes”
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