The narrator is clearly miserable with her life and considers suicide to be the only solution. Killing herself would relieve the pain she feels on a daily basis. “Daddy” is another poem that demonstrates Plath’s common death by suicide theme. In the poem, she writes that “At twenty I tried to die / And get back, back, back to you. / I thought even the bones would do (Plath 58-60)”.
Because I could not stop for death In the poem “Because I could not stop for death”, by Emily Dickinson is describing her journey with death. The speaker personifies has been given human attributes. The death is personified as a gentleman, he’s calling on a young lady. In the opening stanza the speaker is too busy for death “Because I could not stop for death”, so death “he kindly stopped for me” and takes time to do what she cannot stop. In the second stanza “we slowly drove, he knew no haste” it suggests death has no hurry.
"You're Short, Besides!" “You’re Short, Besides!” by Sucheng Chan is a short story about an individual who has always had a barrier to get over in life. Diagnosed with polio at the age of four, she was forced to accommodate with this disease for the rest of her life. The primary focus of her tale is that no matter what happens to you, no matter how grave, a somewhat normal life is still possible. She obviously doesn’t let her disease stop her, as she goes on to get her Ph.D at Berkley.
There is also a tense change in the last stanza when she says it “feels shorter than the day” (22). These techniques draws the reader towards the theme of life after death. The speaker is speaking from beyond the grave. Once we read the last stanza, the entire poem seems like she is recalling an important memory; the day she met someone who had a big impact on her life. It is almost as if she has
Because I Could Not Stop For Death Virginia Victoria Stinson ENG. 125-Introduction to Literature Matthew Norsworthy February 10, 2014 Because I Could Not Stop For Death There are a lot of differences between a poem and a short story. Some are minor and some are in more detail. I have chosen the poem, “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”, by- Emily Dickinson. And the short story, “I Used To Live Here Once”, by- Jean Rhys.
”My sister’s the one who’s always had to imagine life without me”. Kate was selfless to come up with a plan so that her sister could live a normal life. Sara Fitzgerald is also brave because she never gave up with everything going wrong in her life she continued on strong. I agree with her decision throughout the book; I too would have done anything to keep my loved one alive. “My daughter has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant; the hospital explained that our insurance company needs to sign off on coverage.” Sara is desperately trying to get her daughter the help she needs but no one is trying to help her.
Throughout Vivian Bearing’s entire life, she has been a dedicated scholar and professor. She studied John Donne’s poems religiously, so much that in her eyes, this idea of intellectualism and wit is the most important thing life has to offer. She takes pride in her knowledge of seventeenth- century poetry and often comes off as harsh to students who simply are not on her intellectual level. However, as Bearing’s eight-cycle cancer treatment comes to a close and the realization that death is on prowl, Bearing no longer puts Donne on a pedestal. As Bearing’s death approaches, she realizes that wit and intellect are not the most important things in life, but instead, kindness and humanity is what brings a peace of mind.
Emily Dickinson is one of the world’s most famous poets due to her unconventional character and style. The majority of her poems focus on the three main themes of love, fame and death. While she did live a rather secluded and withdrawn life, through her poems we gather more insight into her lifestyle and views on love, fame, religion, and death. The poems on love and fame show us her unwillingness to conform to what other people think especially in the 19th century as a woman, and are still very relevant now. Her poems on death, though, almost go beyond time.
It portrays the poet's jealousy of the death Woman because she died peacefully while others has to live and face the ordeals of life. Her preoccupation with death is seen when she states that her jealousy for the death Woman is “nearly infinite”. The next stanza talks about how the Woman passed away without much trouble. It took place in a short time and the whole experience “Jostled “her. This had a disturbing influence on the poet.
The choice to keep life and afterlife completely separate illustrates the contrast between what the speaker thinks of the woman while she is alive from when she is dead. This is also shown in the lines; “She seemed a thing that could not feel/ The touch of earthly years. (3-4), and “No motion she has now, no force;/ She neither hears nor sees,” (5-6). The complete difference in these lines shows the contrast from him believing she was immortal, to him seeing her as simply a dead, still thing now that she is dead. Also, the lines placement plays an important role in their meaning.