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“Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson (1890)
One of Dickinson’s most famous poems, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” describes a highly metaphorical encounter between the female speaker and Death, personified as a gentleman who invites the speaker into his carriage. The poem’s portrayal of Death as a familiar and not entirely terrifying figure is typical of Dickinson’s poetry, and the poem’s treatment of metaphysical concepts like death, immortality, and eternity resembles “The Only News I know.”
“The Soul selects her own Society” by Emily Dickinson (1890)
In “The Soul Selects Her Own Society,” Dickinson personifies the human soul in order to discuss the often arbitrary nature of personal feelings and biases. The poem likely represents Dickinson’s own reasons for social seclusion and reclusivity, but it may also symbolically examine the nature of an arbitrary and cruel God that privileges certain people at the expense of others.
“This is my letter to the World” by Emily Dickinson (1890)
As a social recluse, Dickinson had little to do with the outside world, and as “The Only News I know” illustrates, she rarely experienced life beyond her own home. In “This is my letter to the World,” Dickinson addresses her poem or “letter” to that outside world that “never wrote” (Line 2) to or knew her.
By Emily Dickinson
A Bird, came down the Walk
A Bird, came down the Walk
Emily Dickinson
A Clock stopped—
A Clock stopped—
Emily Dickinson
A narrow Fellow in the Grass (1096)
A narrow Fellow in the Grass (1096)
Emily Dickinson
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Emily Dickinson
"Faith" is a fine invention
"Faith" is a fine invention
Emily Dickinson
Fame Is a Fickle Food (1702)
Fame Is a Fickle Food (1702)
Emily Dickinson
Hope is a strange invention
Hope is a strange invention
Emily Dickinson
"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers
"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers
Emily Dickinson
I Can Wade Grief
I Can Wade Grief
Emily Dickinson
I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind
I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind
Emily Dickinson
I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain
I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain
Emily Dickinson
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
Emily Dickinson
If I should die
If I should die
Emily Dickinson
If you were coming in the fall
If you were coming in the fall
Emily Dickinson
I heard a Fly buzz — when I died
I heard a Fly buzz — when I died
Emily Dickinson
I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
Emily Dickinson
Much Madness is divinest Sense—
Much Madness is divinest Sense—
Emily Dickinson
Success Is Counted Sweetest
Success Is Counted Sweetest
Emily Dickinson
Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Emily Dickinson
There is no Frigate like a Book
There is no Frigate like a Book
Emily Dickinson