Analysis on the Poetical Originality of Emily Dickinson----Take Because I Could Not Stop for Death as an Example
Abstract
Originality is a key element in creating a classic poem. Emily Dickinson is one of the most original modern American poets, therefore acknowledged by Harold Bloom one of the 26 classic and canonical writers of all time. Death and immortality are the reoccurring themes of Dickinson’s poem, and her “death” poems has been so originally beautiful and philosophical that they has inspired and infl uenced readers of all time. This essays endeavors to analyze in detail the originality of Dickinson’s poetical features in various aspect including literary devices and theme in the example poem: Because I Could Not Stop for Death, which is one of the most famous and celebrated poems of Emily Dickinson.
Keywords
Originality; Poem; Emily Dickinson
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i20.6396
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