Emily Dickinson Transcendentalism

By definition, poetry is “literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature”. Many people have a tough time uncovering the hidden messages in poetry. Many poets were not familiar with the term “Transcendentalism.” Although Emily Dickinson did not know the whole true meaning of this intellectual movement she did introduced it. Emily Dickinson was a well known poet around the 1800’s. She was known to be a private person and most of her work was done while she excluded herself from people outside her friends and family. However Dickison did write most of her poetry without the influence of others. Her poetry was known

Although Dickinson was not familiar with the term “Transcendentalism” she did consolidate some form of this intellectual movement in her poetry. In Dickinson's poem “Hope” is the thing with feathers-” she accommodated free thought in her writing. While writing the poem “Hope” is the thing with feathers” Dickinson compared the hope we establish throughout our life to a simplistic bird. Although we have so much hope in our lives Dickinson shows in her poem “And sweetest-In the gale-is heard/ And sore must be the storm-/ That could abash the little Bird/ That kept so many warm.” Through the text Dickinson shows the reader that the little bird or better known a our “hope” keeps us with high hopes, but it also some events will happen that will shatter our hope or as Dickinson states “ That could abash the little Bird/ That kept so many warm.” For this reason Dickinson displays free thought in her poem. Dickinson’s appearance of free thought was shown throughout the whole poem by thinking outside the box and comparing a bird to the hope in every single individual's life. Thus concluding her free thought in her poem “Hope” is the thing with

Throughout Dickinson's poems, you get a sensation of some aspects of transcendentalism. Although transcendentalism was not an actual movement until the nineteenth century, Dickinson did incorporate some form of the movement in her poetry. Such as “Hope” is the thing with feather-” , “This is my letter to the world” and lastly “I never seen a Moor-”. Throughout Dickinson's poems, she has shown many transcendentalism values in each poem. In conclusion before Dickinson was known to be the writer she is, she conveyed her transcendentalist views to the world and many