Death

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The theme of this paper is Death and Impermanence and the two literary works will be Because I Could Not Stop for Death (Dickinson) and I Used to Live Here Once (Rhys). These are two great works of literature and have many similarities and differences and will be compared and contrasted in the following paragraphs. Also, the similarities and differences between poems and short stories. All in all, the main focus of this paper is to broaden your horizons and understanding of literature.
The short story is a form of narrative prose writing. Determining the actual length of a short story is difficult. A classic definition of a short story's length is that it must be able to be read in one sitting. In practice, a short story's length is determined by where it is published. However, in contemporary usage, the term most often describes a work of fiction up to 20,000 words.
A poem is an arrangement of words containing musical traits and meaning. The word "poetry" comes from the ancient Greek verb "to create.” Rather than being organized into paragraphs, a poem is made up of verses. A poem can be rhyming or non-rhyming, with a steady rhythm or free flowing verse. The definition of a poem is still under debate, but there is little doubt about its ability to establish a mood.
The poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death, by Emily Dickinson, is about a gentleman caller (Death) who takes a carriage ride with the poet to her grave. This poem was first posted in Poems: Series 1 (1890) and has been recognized as one of best of the 17th century. In this poem death is personified and is not the threatening reaper, but a kind hearted gentleman guiding her to eternity.
In the first verse the poet describes herself not being able to...

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...ize that the woman was present? The woman seems to like children and she tries to talk to them, but they didn’t respond or even react to her. This is most likely because the woman does not realize or understand that she is dead.
When reading the story the first time, you get the feeling that the woman is most likely dead. She described her surroundings as a “blue day” and that they sky looked “glassy.” Almost, as if the woman had drowned in the river and was looking up at the sky through the surface of the water. The woman also feels happy and this is probably because she has the chance to return to where she came from. The woman appears to be stuck between two worlds, because the strange description of her surroundings almost seems ghostly, when she reaches her childhood home there is an immediate sense of belonging that is gone almost as soon as she felt it.

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