Essays about: "Emily Dickinson"

Found 3 essays containing the words Emily Dickinson.

  1. 1. Bolts of Melody : The Poetic Meter and Form in Poetry of Emily Dickinson

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Evelina Mikko; [2021]
    Keywords : Emily Dickinson; poetry; poems; metrical patterns; rhymes; figurative language; poetic devices;

    Abstract : This essay analyses a selection of poems written by the American poet Emily Dickinson. The essay aims to explore the function of the meter in Emily Dickinson’s poetry. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Bee & the Crown : The Road to Ascension in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Stenskär Eva; [2021]
    Keywords : Key words: Sylvia Plath; Emily Dickinson; Outsiders; Threshold; Space; Ascension; Windows; Performativity; Violence; Divine; Walter Benjamin; Gaston Bachelard; Subha Mukheriji; Mircea Eliade; Suzanne Juhasz; Sandra Gilbert; Susan Gubar; Interiors; Pathology; Ecstasy; Fear;

    Abstract : Though born a century apart, American poets Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath share several similarities: Both were born in New England, both fought for their rights by writing, and both broke new poetic ground.          In this thesis, I look at their poetry through a movement in space, which begins with the poets’ precarious position as societal outliers and ends with ascension. READ MORE

  4. 3. American Poet Emily Dickinson Set to Music by 20th Century Composers

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

    Author : Hitomi Ohki; [2020]
    Keywords : Emily Dickinson; Aaron Copland; art song;

    Abstract : When singers perform art songs, how many of them, especially students, learn about the poem and poet behind the lyrics? It might be that a number of singers focus on composers, however not poets. Even in concert programs, it is common to only write the composer’s name. READ MORE