Analysis Of The Letters Behind The Locked Box By Emily...

The Letters Behind the Locked Box - Emily Dickinson â€Å"If I read a book and it makes by whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry† (Emily Dickinson). This effect that Emily is referring to is the impact her writing has on her readers. Her life from beginning to end is one that is a bit mysterious, however it clearly reveals more detail as one becomes more familiar with her writing in accordance with her lifetime. Emily was an amazing poet that was purely honest and bona fide throughout all of her work, and all that she wrote. Although her work only became popular after her death, she is now known, in the world of American Literature, as one of the greatest towering figures in poetry. Emily Dickinson’s†¦show more content†¦Emily’s mother, also named Emily, did not appear to have a close relationship with her daughter. Perhaps her inability to see past the quirky, witty, personality traits of young Emily was due to her la ck of intelligence in comparison to her daughter. The Dickinson family attended the Amherst First Congregational Church. Emily chose to frequently miss church and this trend continued into her adulthood. Emily declared, â€Å"I am standing alone in rebellion† (Gabrher, Hagenbuchle, Miller 33). Instead she chose to take what she knew from her past religious experiences, coupled with science, nature, philosophy and especially the Bible (Gabrher, Habenbuchle, Miller 33). Emily lived in a home on West street from the age of nine to twenty-five. Emily appeared to spend quite a bit of time in her room which happened to overlook a graveyard. She would sit and watch out the window daily at the funerals and burials. It was thought that this type of exposure to death may have affected her thoughts and poems greatly. The impact of death hit close to home for Emily due to the loss of her cousin, Sophia Holland, and the sudden loss of their gardener’s baby, both at compl ete unexpected times (Gordon 33). This accompanied with the loss of a close schoolmates mother set the tone for Emily’s fear of death. EmilyShow MoreRelatedInterpretation of the Text13649 Words   |  55 Pagesdoes not mean that works of literature have nothing to do with reality. On the contrary, Walt Whitmans poems often address the reader directly; Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn has everything to do with the history of American slavery; and when Emily Dickinson writes, 1 never hear the word escape Without a quicker †¢blood, she is surely expressing her ovm feelings. The world of literature is watered by many streams - by the writers feelings, by the writers desire to stir the reader, and by the writersRead MoreMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 Pagesfollowing classification of cases by subject matter to be helpful. I thank those of you who made this and other suggestions. Classification of Cases by Major Marketing Topics Topics Most Relevant Cases Marketing Research and Consumer Analysis Coca-Cola, Disney, McDonald’s, Google, Starbucks Product Starbucks, Nike, Coke/Pepsi, McDonald’s, Maytag, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Newell Rubbermaid, DaimlerChrysler, Kmart/Sears, Harley-Davidson, Boeing/Airbus, Merck, Boston Beer, Firestone/FordRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 PagesJuanitas advice to pack up and leave now. So what do you decide to do? Lets say you decide not to search for more advice, and you recommend boiling the water and drinking it when it cools. You now owe it to Juanita and Emilio to give them the reasons behind your decision. Your first reason, let’s say, is that you discounted Emilios remark that if the stream were poisonous then everything in it would look dead. Deadly things can be alive and look healthy. You mention salmonella on delicious turkey