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Emily Dickinson 1830-1886 - Coggle Diagram
Emily Dickinson 1830-1886
life
she locked herself in his father's house,
only exchanged letters with relatives.
born into a middle-class Puritan family
clerical education
works
1890: her works appeared with some corrections to satisfy the public.
poems written for communication purposes, not for publication.
1955: poems were published with their original text
1958: some of her letters were pubblished
Theme
love and desire
death and loss
pain
God
nature
man's relationship with the universe
style
monosillabic words to create ambiguous meanings
metaphors
short poems without a title
free use of rhyme
Hope is the thing with feathers
themes
hope: bird, resilient and fearless
importance of hope
style
alliterations, repetitions, metaphor of the bird, dashes at the end of every verse and metaphor of nature to describe the hardship