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Emily Dickinson (1830 ---- 1886) Dickinson’s bedroom Her Life a. born in 1830 into a Calvinist family. b. attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary(霍利约克山女子学校) c. It was later, during her mid-twenties that Emily began to grow reclusive（隐居的）. d. By the 1860s, she lived in almost total physical isolation from the outside world, but actively maintained many correspondences and read widely. e. She wrote 1775 poems, but only seven of them published in her life time. f. Before her death, she asked her sister to burn all her poems. However, her sister published those beautiful poems. Dickinson’s poetry is a clear illustration of her religious-ethical and political-social ideas. Calvinism with its doctrine of predestination and its pessimism pressured her during her childhood and adolescence and colored her work so that her basic tone was tragic. She expressed a passionate yearning for religious certitude, God’s help, and the good life. For the God of the Bible is not always real to her; she does not always believe in God’s plan for an after-life. By far the largest portion of Dickinson’s poetry concerns death and immortality, themes which lie at the center of Dickinson’s world. Her preoccupation with these subjects amounted to an obsession so that about one third of her poems dwell on them. Her Works a. Because I Could Not Stop for Death 《因为我不能等待死神》 b. I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died 《我死时听到了苍蝇的嗡嗡声》 c. My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close《我从未失掉过这么多但有两次》 d. I Like to See It Lap the Miles 《我愿看它穿千里》 Themes: based on her own experiences/joys/sorrows a. religion – doubt and belief about religious subjects b. death and immortality c. love – suffering and frustration caused by love d. physical aspect of desire e. nature – kind and cruel f. free will and human responsibility Her style a. poems without titles b. severe economy of expression c. directness, brevity d. musical device to create cadence (rhythm) e. capital letters – emphasis f. short poems, mainly two stanzas