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This 5 page paper discusses the effect that Emily Dickinson's poetry has on the average reader, to unsettle perceptions and leave one unsure of the exact meaning. Examples are given from sample texts, cited and quoted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a type of disciplined seclusion, much as a Tibetan monk, she condensed and purified a style and type of poetry that moved the form on into the next age. Her
poetry speaks to many topics such as, love, loss, death and about religion. Dickinsons most successful writings are some of the most enigmatic that still exist today and though it
can be assured that they reflect her particular feelings and views concerning various truths, it can also be said that she was purposely vague, leaving the reader unsure of their
meaning and unsettled in his or her perceptions. Her views are typically caught in that wash of good and bad, and while she may bash the religious institutions(and one
may assume, her father, who was a very religious man), and then on the other hand speak endlessly of the pleasure of paradise. It might possibly be that Ms. Dickinson,
though influenced by her fathers Calvinistic ways, was also a bit rebellious against the strict puritanical teachings of the church. This, then, could be a primary reason why her poetry
is unsettling, because she quite skillfully portrays that part of herself that is at war, and in doing so, exposes the same war in everyone. An example of this emotional
and spiritual war is evident in the quote, "Faith is a fine invention for gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent in an emergency!" It would seem that this attitude
only grew stronger in Emily when she left college after only attending a year. It can be said that Emily struggled against the rigorous teachings of the church and the
Victorian standards that were upheld for women. Some have said that Emily Dickinson was one of the first emerging metaphysical thinkers of the time, but because she was a woman,
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