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Biography Information to the Idea of the Poem- Tessa Walker

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Biography Information to the Idea of the Poem- Tessa Walker

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Emily Dickinson was a overall happy strong willed and peaceful person. her father was a congress man which made her want to do more she knows she could do so much better than these congress man. Her main point to this has to do with her secret girl lover. they were both very passionate and wanted more for there relationship she new should could make life so much more fulfilling if she could take her fathers place or just be in the shoes of the congress men. however she new that that could never happen and she needs to be as happy and filled with even having her wonderful lady by her side even in secret. this relates to her poem by the inner peace. she is happy excepting and moving with something so tragic yet still finding the beauty in it. her relationship its unfortunate that it cant be more but she finds her peace and fulfills her life with this love no matter the standards.

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1. what is the poems tone?which words reveal this tone?is the poem ironic?

answer- the theme is death and being able to get to a place of inner peace. she can finally be released and be taken to her final resting place. she knows how beautiful and full life is and is ready to take it all in with her last place of rest. For example she says ¨we passed the schools, where the children strove at recess in the ring, we passed the fields of gazing grain, we passed the setting sun, or rather he passed us.¨

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6. what is the theme of this poem? can you state it in a single sentence? elaborate on your idea.

answer- the poems tone is sad but peaceful. She is taken to the final place of rest to be at peace with life and her self. For a example she says¨because i could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me, the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. this example is showing her a ride down to a the place of peace for good and she is happily ok with this and is fulfilled with her life and ready to go on with the after life.

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2. What heavily connotative words are used? What words have unusual or special meanings? Are any words or phrases repeated? If so, why? Which words do you need to look up?

Though the vocabulary of the poem isn't extensive to a difficult degree, Dickinson continuously repeats terms of "Eternity" or "Eternal Life" in the poem, despite it being about death. This is likely a paradox for death's double meaning. The end of a finite life, and the passing to an eternal one.

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7. How important is the role of sound effects, such as rhyme and rhythm? How do they affect the tone and meaning?

It is often the case in poetry and greater literature that a rhyming scheme can give a sense of grandiosity to a speech. The rhyme and rhythm here are inconsistent and erratic, which is likely, given Dickinson's other poems proving she knows how to rhyme, an intentional decision to help the frantic atmosphere of death.