Emily Dickinson
Dickinson grew up in a traditional family, and the monotonous and boring life in adolescence made Dickinson sprout the desire to write poetry. Dickinson began to write behind closed doors at the age of 25, which lasted for 30 years. Dickinson left over 1700 poems in her life. After Dickinson's death, her works were published one after another and enjoyed a great reputation in the United States. Dickinson's poems mainly focus on nature, religious belief, friendship, love and life interest. Dickinson has always lived in towns and villages in the United States. What she usually comes into contact with most is the flowers and plants in nature.
According to statistics, there are as many as 500 poems by Dickinson on the theme of natural landscape, most of which describe the pleasant natural landscape of American countryside. In the poet's works, her descriptions of flowers and birds, cordyceps and natural scenery can be seen everywhere. In addition, Dickinson is good at combining her inner feelings with the natural landscape, which has become a major feature of Dickinson's poems. Dickinson's poems have beautiful and diverse styles, some with fresh images, others with great cohesion and tension. Dickinson is known as one of the pioneers of modernist poetry in the twentieth century, which is understandable.
Characteristics of Emily Dickinson's Poetry
After understanding Emily Dickinson's poems, we will find that Emily Dickinson's poems are very distinctive. First of all, one of the characteristics of Emily Dickinson's poems is that Emily Dickinson is good at revealing the true meaning of life with the image of death. Throughout the 20th century's poetry, most people like to discuss topics such as death, life and eternity, such as Ji Bolun, Tagore or Emily Dickinson. For anything, death is an unavoidable topic. In the process of development, human beings have been constantly studying death. When a poet or writer realizes death, he will record his knowledge in words.
Emily Dickinson statue
Dickinson experienced the death of relatives and lovers in her early years, so death was very painful for her. Later, Dickinson wrote poetry, and death became an eternal theme in Dickinson's poetry creation. According to records, nearly one third of Dickinson's poems are about death. Dickinson discussed the topic of death with many death images such as funeral, death and the dead.
At the same time, Dickinson reveals the true meaning of life through the description of death. Secondly, Emily Dickinson's poetry features that she is good at displaying natural images in her poems. Emily Dickinson wrote a lot of poems related to natural landscape, which is closely related to Emily Dickinson's living environment. Emily Dickinson has lived in the country since she was a child. She likes to live quietly. She often looks for beautiful images in nature. In her eyes, everything in nature is full of vitality.
Dickinson's works
Emily Dickinson is a famous American poet. Her achievements in the field of poetry promoted the development of American poetry. When introducing Emily Dickinson's life achievements, I have to say Dickinson's works. Dickinson's works include Dark Clouds, Escape, Hope, Compensation, Battlefield, Angel, The Day of the Bird's Return, Magic Book and so on. Dickinson wrote a lot of poems in his life. According to incomplete statistics, Dickinson's works amount to more than 1700.
Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Unfortunately, Dickinson published only five works before his death. Dickinson's works have a wide selection of materials, and most of them mainly describe the ordinary life scenes of ordinary people. Dickinson tells the story behind ordinary life and expresses the philosophy of life by showing ordinary life scenes. In Dickinson's works, we can often see her discussion on themes such as love, eternity, religious belief, death and affection. In some ways, the theme of Dickinson's poems is similar to that of Ji Bolun. Most poets in the 20th century care about social themes such as self-essence and nature, and Dickinson is no exception.
Dickinson's poetry creation features have a far-reaching impact on modern poetry creation. Based on Dickinson's outstanding achievements in the field of poetry, Dickinson is also called "the pioneer of American new poetry in the twentieth century". Dickinson's poetry works pay attention to pure essence. For example, in Dickinson's poem I have never seen a wasteland, Dickinson wrote: "I have never seen a wasteland, I have never seen the ocean, but I know the appearance of heather and the rough waves." The themes of her poems are all artistic.