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Death in Four Emily Dickinson Poems
Summary: The theme of death in four Emily Dickinson poems: "I've seen a Dying Eye," "Because I could not stop for Death," "I like a look of Agony," and "I heard a Fly buzz--when I died."
When you hear of death, it is a feeling of many emotions. Death is a part of everyday life to people we love, know, or met before. I am a person that has never witnessed death but I have heard much about it. Many times I would hear someone in the family has died but I wouldn't be as close to them as I am with my family here. I have experienced my first funeral this summer, a very close friend of the families and mine. Knowing what death is and seeing is very difficult to believe especially some one near to you. The feelings are let out and not knowing what to say or do. There was a poet that wrote a lot about death because of her surrounding experiences. That poet is Emily Dickinson. She would make her poems sound as if she is dying but...
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