Emily Dickinson Research Paper

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An Unconventional Style of Poetry Emily Dickinson, famous for her life of reclusion, is also just as famous for taking an unconventional look on how to write poetry. Her style of writing and poems themselves, have greatly influenced poets since. Her poetry alone has stood the test of time and has come to be called some of the greatest and most thought provoking to come from her time period, with even some of the greatest writers becoming flummoxed at trying to understand the meaning of Dickinson’s poetry. Having made her fame in life for being a notorious recluse, Emily Dickinson found even more fame when, upon her death, her poetry was found by her sister and brother-in-law, and then published. Within these newly found poems, a new style …show more content…

The running themes of the universe and unending time are present within this work by Dickinson. The constant progression of time also stands present within this poem, and is the central theme within it. Dickinson speaks of how time continues on into the vast infiniteness. When Dickinson writes “Forever – is composed of Nows – “ (Dickinson, Forever -- is composed of Nows ) , she is describing how people can have memories about the past and think about what may happen in the future be we only experience time as it is happening to us. Humans only experience the “Now”. Although time is a constant and is constantly moving forward, humans only perceive it as a present experience and not something that is happening to themselves in the future. With every second that passes by, the present is constantly changing and is constantly made up of millions and millions of different “Nows” (Dickinson, Forever -- is composed of Nows ). Everything that seems to make up the future, the days, months, and years ahead, all flow into the present and become “Nows” (Dickinson, Forever -- is composed of Nows ). The vastness of time seems to be filled with the endless possibilities of “Nows” (Dickinson, Forever -- is composed of Nows ), and what they may hold. This just goes to show that Emily Dickinson was more than just a macabre writer she was also able to tap into the most inner thoughts of herself and describe the universe as she sees

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