There's Been A Death, In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

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The theme of death is most writers describing what a person has went through concerning a loss. The tone of death can be many things, it can be for the most part very sad and somber. The activity of death can be very gruesome, in its many forms. Different writers use characters to describe the different activities of death. Most people experience death at least once in their lives. Honor those who are brave enough to write about death.
The normal tone of death is usually not happy and bubbly, like some poems can be. The tone is usually sad, somber, and sometimes it can be very angry and aggressive. In the poem, “There’s been a Death, in the Opposite House,” by Emily Dickinson the tone of the poem is very sad. It describes, “I know it, by

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