A Review and Analysis of Emily Dickinson

Introduction

Emily Dickinson is among the most recognized and greatest poets in America. For the past fifty years or more, a number of study resources such as books and essays have explained her life and poetry. For instance, some critics have made wide use of her life in explaining her poetry, while others have given a detailed explanation of Emily Dickinson based on her poems, referring to them as autobiographical. Though most of the time she lived in isolation, Emily Dickinson managed to live a passionate life. This shows that her poet is passionate.

Furthermore, within the confines of her family home, family circle, friends as well as their garden, she whole-heartedly felt, reasoned with intensity and her ardor imagination, Emily shared herself through her poetry and in letters. For example, in her written letter (letter, 1870), "I find happiness in living and the logic behind living is having enough joy." This implies that Emily Dickinson perceived poetry writing as an exalted profession and decided to dedicate her entire life to poetry (Wolosky, 2000).

Dickinson adopts a number of personas that includes a little girl, a queen, a bridegroom, queen, a wife, a nun, a boy, a bee and a dying woman. Although about 150 of the poems she presented initiate with "I," the speaker is perhaps imaginary and as a result, the poem need not to be automatically read as an autobiography. Dickinson emphasized on the difference between her poetry and how she lived.

This was stated by her that "When I present myself, as the envoy of the Verse, this does not really mean--me--but an imaginary or supposed person." However, Emily Dickinson's sense of vision and humor, at their greatest, manifest themselves through her adorably playful poems which are identified with a childlike quality. Therefore, at their most horrible part of presentation they are both childish and cloying (Donnelly, 1998).

In her poet referred to as Emily Dickinson, she previously graced the entire world with her ideas and poetry. Such ideas are still reflected in words used throughout her poems. One particular poem that appears to be interesting is 401 that discuss ideas such as Religion, human nature and hypocrisy. This three-stanza poem provides a detailed explanation of how Emily Dickinson examined the world around her. For example, in the first stanza of this poem, there is sarcastic presentation of the idea.

Emily seems to concentrate her writing on the perfect person at first sight of the stanza. Later on, the poem essentially proves the hypothesized perfection false (Wohlpart, 2001). My understanding is that most of the people are involved in the acts that are less expected of them and still they want to be recognized. Therefore, I agree with Emily Dickinson that living with happiness can only be achieved when one experiences enough joy.

Conclusion

The sense of vision and humor of Emily Dickinson, at their greatest, manifest themselves through her adorably playful poems which are identified with a childlike quality. In addition, she perceived poetry writing as a praised profession and decided to dedicate her entire life to poetry.