Robinson And Emily Dickinson
Death is commonly misunderstood because it is feared. It is hard to embrace, therefore we reject its reality for as long as we could until we finally met it face to face. By then, our chances of being one with what most people perceive as the real world diminishes drastically. We treat death like a flame, we leave it alone until it dies. However, if something is already dead, why is it alive? Edwin Arlington Robinson and Emily Dickinson, portray gentlemen and figures of death. In doing so, it allows readers to have an open mind on the term “dead man walking.”
To begin with, Ms. Dickinson illustrates death as a gentleman, for instance, “Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me.” Her words of choice may appear thoughtless to most people given everything associated with death. Yet, when analyzing the context of what Ms. Dickinson said, we came to realize Ms. Dickinson gave her readers Death’s secrets and those secrets can only be revealed by traveling through the avenues of the dead. For example, “We slowly drove, he knew no haste, and I had put away, my labor and my leisure too, for his civility.” Ms. Dickinson allowed her audience to understand …show more content…
Robinson advised his readers Death is and reality are intertwined. In the poem “Richard Cory” Mr. Robinson tells a story of man in spite of having everything, Richard Cory was a dead man walking. Allow me to explain, in the poem, the third stanza it says “and he was rich-yes, richer than a king, and admirably schooled in every grace.” Also, in the second stanza of the poem it states “he fluttered pulses when he said “” good-morning,”” and he glittered when he walked away.” By all means, Richard Cory, was who everyone wanted to be. Although this may be true, Richard Cory’s made the decision to no longer live a nightmare and chose to enjoy a ride in a hearse. His demise was the result of his own action’s, “And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet though his
To begin with, Ms. Dickinson illustrates death as a gentleman, for instance, “Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me.” Her words of choice may appear thoughtless to most people given everything associated with death. Yet, when analyzing the context of what Ms. Dickinson said, we came to realize Ms. Dickinson gave her readers Death’s secrets and those secrets can only be revealed by traveling through the avenues of the dead. For example, “We slowly drove, he knew no haste, and I had put away, my labor and my leisure too, for his civility.” Ms. Dickinson allowed her audience to understand …show more content…
Robinson advised his readers Death is and reality are intertwined. In the poem “Richard Cory” Mr. Robinson tells a story of man in spite of having everything, Richard Cory was a dead man walking. Allow me to explain, in the poem, the third stanza it says “and he was rich-yes, richer than a king, and admirably schooled in every grace.” Also, in the second stanza of the poem it states “he fluttered pulses when he said “” good-morning,”” and he glittered when he walked away.” By all means, Richard Cory, was who everyone wanted to be. Although this may be true, Richard Cory’s made the decision to no longer live a nightmare and chose to enjoy a ride in a hearse. His demise was the result of his own action’s, “And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet though his