Emily Dickinson Case
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Emily Dickinson
The poetry of Emily Dickinson, who was influenced by the Romantic/Realist literary period, has greatly contributed to the American literary heritage. According to Jennifer Gage Edison, much of her writing could have been influenced by the way she behaved in everyday life. On
As a recluse, she occasionally stayed in her room rather than meet even close friends and rushed away when strangers visited; sometimes she talked with friends while hidden behind a partially open door. She stayed in her room and listened to her fathers funeral service, which was held on the lawn of her home.” As you can see, her daily life was definitely out of the ordinary. She was an outcast, and she didnt have many friends.
Emily was majorly influenced by the Realist literary period. You can see it reflecting in several of her poems. An example would be in her poem titled, “It Was Not Death For I Stood Up.” In this poem Emily writes, “It was not death for I stood up, and all the dead lie down. It was
not night, for all the bells lay out their tongues for noon. It was not frost for on my flesh I felt Siroccos crawl. Not fire for just my marble feet could keep a chancel cool. And yet it tasted like them all.”
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Emily was also influenced by the Romantic literary period. An example of this would be her poem “A Charm Invests A Face.” In this poem she has a completely different tone then “It Was Not Death For I Stood Up.” In this poem she writes, “A Charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld–The Lady date not lift her Veil, For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes and denies–Lest Interview, annul a want. That Image–satisfies.”
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