Source: American poetess Emily Dickinson "If I have never seen the sun"
Original text:
If I hadn't seen the sun
I could have put up with the darkness
I can stand shadows.
If I hadn't seen the sun
But to light up a new wilderness
However, the sunshine makes me desolate.
My wilderness
Become a new desolation
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Emily Dickinson's life and creation clearly reflect the tendency of existentialism. She has always consciously maintained spiritual independence, and her poetry creation has always been permeated with a penetrating power to explore the inner meaning of human existence, especially the inquiry and metaphysical questioning that cut into the depths of life.
Through existential observation of human freedom and behavior, philosophical thinking of human survival value and free will, and profound exploration of human self-essence and individual soul, she overcame the sense of emptiness of existence, broke through the value judgment of traditional society, and discovered and artistically expressed the meaning of life. In this sense, Emily Dickinson has surpassed the traditional identity attribute of19th century and sang the prelude of modern existentialism with poetic words.