In the poems read for class I noticed a pattern of the image of the House. The two poems that struck me most with the House imagery was Poem 466 and Poem 479. Poem 479, or “Because I could not
Jessica Ramirez’s CS for April 1st
The poems for today were very interesting, and I found myself drawn to some of the poems Dickinson wrote about death, specifically poems 479 and 528. Poem 479 “Because I could not stop for Death-” continues a trend that I
The Biology of Emily Dickinson: This Is My April 1st Work (Emma S.)
Dickinson speaks so much of the soul, I’m always pleasantly surprised to hear a mention of the physical in her poetry. In two of the poems for today, she uses organs of the body in a living, breathing way by
Lisa Gisselquist’s CS for March 30th
I’m going to be honest. When I was first introduced to Dickinson in a literature class (not this one), I loved her poetry, but I had a very different understanding of her life. I was under the impression that she
I will choose despair over science every time
Today’s class left me FEELING things! Mostly nostalgia for Fall 2019 and for the Combs basement and questions of Faith and Truth. With our discussion of “This World is not Conclusion,” I was really interested in the representation of Faith
Katriel Lee’s CS for March 30th
In class today we briefly touched upon the idea of the great American poet and what allows both Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman to fall into this category. Each of their respective journeys to becoming well known in the eye
Laura Roman’s March 22nd and March 25th CW
March 22nd: I am really excited to finally get into the meat of Emily Dickinson’s poetry! Something that I notice right away reading through these poems is that she has an interesting notion to constantly refer to specific birds or
Piper’s CS for March 30
In our reading for class on Tuesday, we had the following poem (445): “They shut me up in Prose – As when a little Girl They put me in the Closet – Because they liked me ‘still’ – Still! Could
Maggie M.’s CS for March 25
The selection of poems that we were assigned to read today show some interesting themes in Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Among the various Death-centered and religious (despite her agnostic beliefs) ones, I started to notice that many of Dickinson’s poems hinted
Mac’s CS for March 25th
For someone known to not truly believe in God, Emily Dickinson relies on the biblical imagery. For instance, in Poem 310 Dickinson begins with the word Heaven in quotations, “Heaven.” The use for the quotations made the reading, for me