Emily Dickinson

Poetry Essay Question - Emily Dickinson

What are some of the emotions conveyed in the work of Emily Dickinson which you have studied? Explain in your answer what techniques were used to communicate them.

In the poems I felt a funeral in my brain, There came a wind like a bugle, Because I could not stop for death, and After a Great pain, Emily writes to a common themes, death and suffering. The emotions that Emily Dickinson conveys in these works are, depression, insanity, instability, victimisation, sadness, misery, hopelessness, dejection, powerlessness and many more. She reaches out to her readers stimulating an arousal of deep emotion. Emily Dickinson uses techniques such as imagery, symbolism, personification, structure and punctuation to communicate and stimulate emotion in her poems.

Emily’s use of condensed imagery and language catalyses her communication and expands on the portrayal of her poems. Imagery empowers the reader to understand and reflect on poem, searchin...