life after death
Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson are two Modern American Poets who consistently wrote about the theme of death. While there are some comparisons between the two poets, when it comes to death as a theme, their writing styles were quite different. Robert Frost's poem, "Home Burial," and Emily Dickinson's poems, "I felt a Funeral in my Brain," and "I died for Beauty," are three poems concerning death. While the theme is constant there are differences as well as similarities between the poets and their poems.The obvious comparison between the three poems is the theme of death. Both poets, in these works and many others, display a fascination with the death of themselves as well as the death of peers, and loved ones. Both Frost and Dickinson experienced a great deal of death throughout each of their lives. Frost's greatest loss was the death of his son, which is greatly depicted in his poem "Home Burial." Dickinson suffered the loss of many friends and family. She spent a lot of her time in her room looking out upon the headstones of these people.The only strong comparison between the poets, in terms of structure and technique, is that the meaning of their poems run much deeper then the specific
It is a considerably long poem, which doesn't require one to read between the lines. Even this can come as a contrast when looking at these three poems. "Home Burial," by Frost is a fairly straightforward poem, written in dialogue, with the writer working as the narrator. The last word of the poem is '-then-', a classic example of an ellipse, where the reader is left to finish the poem on their own. Using iambic pentameter gives the poem a monotone, rhythmic feel. Because the poem reads very rhythmically, the seriousness of the poem is exaggerated. In "I felt a Funeral in my Brain," and "I died for Beauty," the poems deals with the inevitability of ones own death. In the two poems, "I felt a Funeral in my Brain," and "I died for Beauty" all of these characteristics are present, including her usual four line stanzas in the meter of traditional hymns. The poem is about dealing with another person's death. One died for Beauty and one for truth. Another difference between Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson's poems is the perspective taken by the poet. This dramatically differs from the two poems by Dickinson. Written in first person, "I felt a Funeral in my Brain" is about the thought of her own funeral. The poem is about two dead people, herself and another man, resting side by side, buried underground. In the poem "Home Burial," by Robert Frost, and in the poems "I felt a Funeral in my Brain," and "I died for Beauty," by Emily Dickinson, there are similarities and differences between the two poets perspectives and writing styles.
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