Emily Dickinson 艾米莉·狄金森.ppt

Emily Dickinson This is my letter to the world, That never wrote to me,-- The simple news that Nature told, With tender majesty. Her message mitted To hands I cannot see; For love of her, sweet countrymen, Judge tenderly of me! Biography ? Born into a Calvinist family of Amherst, Massachusetts ? Attended Amherst Academy from 1840-1847 ? Began poetry writing in the early 1850s. ? After 1862, affected by an unhappy love affair with Reverend Charles Wadsworth, ing a total recluse, living a normal New England village life only with her family. ? Read intensively by herself. Keats, The Bronte sisters, the Brownings, and Gorge Eliot were her favorite writers. ? Stayed almost all her life in the same house and the same yard, wanting to live simply and as plete independent person (she is a spinster). ? Wrote 1775 poems. Was She Weird? ? Known for being a recluse, she didn ’ t leave her family ’ s homestead for any reason after the late 1860 ’ s. ? She almost always wore white. ? She often lowered snacks and treats in baskets to neighborhood children from her window, careful never to let them see her face. Themes of her poetry ? Dickinson ’ s poems are usually based on her own experience, her sorrows and joys. Dickinson addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which include religion, death, immortality, love, and nature. Dickinson ’ s Poetry ◆ Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines. In her poetry, there is a particular stress pattern, in which dashes are used as a musical device to create cadence and capitals as a means of emphasis. ◆ The form of her poetry is more less like that of the hymns in community churches, familiar, communal, and sometimes, irregular. ◆ Her poetry abounds in telling images. ◆ A salient feature of her technique is her severe economy of expression. Her poetic idiom is noted for its laconic brevity, directness, and plainest words. ◆ Her poems are usually short, tending to