Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems Emily Dickinson

In considering the matter of Emily Dickinson’s poem LXV of Part Four: Time and Eternity, it is worth noting that she wrote in one of her letters that ‘To be human is more than to be divine, for when Christ was divine, he was uncontented until he...

Emily Dickinson’s poem, numbered 622, opens with the line, “To know just how He suffered—would be dear—” (Dickinson 1). The speaker in this poem addresses the subject of death, forming fragmented thoughts and questions about the passing of a loved...

Nature in its many facets is a frequent topic of Dickinson’s poems, and she often chooses one or two specific elements to closely describe in her unique voice. In closely examining a specific item or instance, she often tries to see it from an...