Differing Experiences of Death in "I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Dickinson,

When looking at dissimilar observations of death it can be seen how private and special it is; it is also understood that death is inevitable so coping with it can be taken in different ways. Emily Dickinson’s poems “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died” show both parallel and opposing views on death. In “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” the speaker is explaining the passage of her own death from beyond the grave in a more tender way. In the beginning, the narrator is too busy for death-- “Because I could not stop for Death/ He kindly stopped for me” (Belasco 1338). The character is not going to wait for her life to end; rather the speaker will live life and allow death come to her naturally.

The two poems, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”, by Dylan Thomas and, “Because I Could Not Wait for Death”, by Emily Dickinson, we find two distinct treatments on the same theme, death. Although they both represent death, they also represent it as something other than death. Death brings about a variety of different feelings, because no two people feel the same way or believe the same thing. The fact that our faith is unknown makes the notion of death a common topic, as writers can make sense of their own feelings and emotions and in the process hope to make readers make sense of theirs too. Both Dickinson and Thomas are two well known and revered poets for their eloquent capture of these emotions.

Emily Dickinson’s Guide to Mortality Is death to be feared as an uncertain end or is it to be embraced as a natural gateway to something greater? This is a question that Emily Dickinson tackles throughout her poetry. In her poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” she acknowledges the common perception of death while presenting the reader with the antithesis. She then leaves her poem open for interpretation and application, which allows the reader to take into consideration both the positive and negative perceptions of death in order to decide how to cope with this inevitable fate. In her poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson uses positive personification, comforting imagery, and the voice of the narrator in order to

In conclusion, Plath is successful in the poetry because she managed to express certain things such as death in the variety of ways. She views death as being something horrible, a condition at which people are de-humanized and lack all th emotions and feelings. At the same time Plath connects death to life and makes an assumption that it is impossible to understand life without knowing that death exists. Dickinson, on the contrary, depicts death as something humans are both afraid of and at the same time are waiting for all their lives. Death in the poetry of Dickinson is not so horrible as in the writing of Plath.

“Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave” is the title as well as the question that the speaker repeatedly ask. In the title, the readers can hear her hopes of believing that someone is still remember and care for her. Consequently, love and affection can’t follow one to their grave, and discontinue as death come. The structure of the poem as a dialogue spices up the curiosity of the digger’s identity, as the poem led the readers through a series of downfalls. This satirical piece ironically portrays death in a negative aspect of being segregated and forgotten from the

In two of Dickinson’s poems, “Because I could not stop for Death –” and “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died,” the speakers depict their experiences with death. Although both poems are about dying, they both differ in the tone and the setting. The details of each speaker’s encounter with death vary; one tells of a deathbed scene and the other of a calm and peaceful ride to a final resting place. In Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death,” the speaker tells of life being too busy to stop living. When the speaker states, “He kindly stopped for me,” the speaker means that death has taken the time to stop and escort the speaker to her grave (line 2).

Emily Dickinson gives an idea of how death is like a person. She describes how death waits for her. In the poem, it states how death waits for her but this is not likely because death cannot literally stop to wait for anybody. Emily Dickinson thinks that death means that a person is waiting for her to join them. She states in her poem that death is polite and has manners when death it is not possible.

The poem starts off with death giving the speaker a grand gesture by picking her up in a carriage, since the speaker “could not stop” for a reason that is unknown (line 1). But the speaker is descriptive, by letting the reader know that death stopped “kindly” (line 2). Because of this kindness displayed by “death,” the reader can assume that “death” is not something to be afraid of. As the poem continues, the speaker begins to gets comfortable with “death,” by putting “his civility” before her “labor and…leisure” (lines 7-8). This act of selflessness made by the speaker comes from the previous act of kindness made by “death.” As the poems progresses, the speaker starts associating herself with “death” and immortality, who is also riding in the carriage, by saying “we” and “us,” as if she and “death” has become one.

The disappointment the speaker is experiencing is conveyed when he says, “I thought that love would last fo... ... middle of paper ... ...ing a cherished loved one, that life is no longer worth anything. To the contrary, “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” is inspiring and gives hope to the reader that death is not final. Many people think that although the physical body dies, that the spirit or soul of the dearly departed lives on and obviously Frye believes this, as well. Similar to Frye, I believe that when the physical body dies, the spirit lives on. Her poem brings a sense of comfort and hope, as opposed to Auden’s poem that leaves the reader with a sense of loss and despair.

W. B. Yeats’s poem ‘An Irish Airman Foresees his Death’ and Shakespeare’s poem ‘Come Away, Come Away, Death’ both deal with the theme of impending death, although by varying causes. While the poems employ similar figurative and sonic elements of language, their tone and style vary. Yeats’s poem is primarily a war poem that serves as an elegy for the Irish pilot Major Robert Gregory who died in WWI. As opposed to this Shakespeare’s poem is a lamenting love song sung by the character of Feste in Twelfth Night. Despite being different in setting, they both express an acceptance of death.