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1、EmilyDicksonLifeWorksandfeatureViewsContentsPPT模板下载： 行业PPT模板： 节日PPT模板： PPT素材下载： PPT图表下载： 优秀PPT下载： PPT教程： Word教程： Excel教程： 资料下载： PPT课件下载： 范文下载： 试卷下载： 教案下载： PPT论坛： 1LifeAt17,ShebegancollegeatMountHolyokeFemaleSeminary.Shebecameillatthespringofherfirstyearanddidnotreturn.Bornin1830oneofmostprominentf
2、amiliesinAmherst,MaAmerherstAcademyShedidntleaveherfamilyshomesteadforanyreasonafterthelate1860s.1886Died1955:publishedacollectionofherpoemsThe Dickinson Homestead in AmherstEmily Dickinson Museum, Amherst2Works and FeatureFeature(1)Notitles,short,capitallettersandtheuseofdashes(2)directness,compact
3、,severeeconomyofexpression;(3)tragic;stressoninnerlifeoftheindividual.SubjectsDeath & Immortality-thelargestportionLovereligion doubt and belief about religious subjectsNatureShe often adopts the pose of having already died before she writes her lyric.Suffering and frustration caused by love Though
4、she was lonely and isolated, Emily appears to have loved deeplyA fascination with natureconsumed Emily1A Bird Came Down the WalkBecause I Could Not Stop for DeathMajor worksI Heard a Fly Buzz When I diedBefore I died for Beauty-But was ScarceBecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath-Hekindlystoppedforme-TheCarri
5、ageheldbutjustOurselvesAndImmortality.Weslowlydrove-Heknewnohaste,AndIhadputawayMylabor,andmyleisuretoo,ForHisCivility.WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtrecess-inthering;WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain,WepassedtheSettingSun.Orrather-HepassedUs;TheDewsgrewquiveringandchill,ForonlyGossamer,myGown,
6、MyTippet-onlyTulle.WepausedbeforeHousethatseemedASwellingoftheGround;TheRoofwasscarcelyvisible,TheCornicebutamound；Sincethen-tisCenturies-andyeteachFeelsshorterthantheDayIfirstsurmisedtheHorsesheadsWeretowardEternity.Dickinson describes “Death” as a gentleman driving a carriage, who is endowed with
7、favorable human attributes of being kind. And “Immortality” is also a passenger in the carriage.The carriage trundles along at a pretty relaxed pace . Being content with Deaths politeness & charm, the woman is distracted from her work and felt completely at ease with the gentleman.Dickinson is paint
8、ing a scene of what they are riding by: the School, the Fields of Gazing Grains & the Setting Sun, which respectively symbolizes her early life, the middle stage of life & the final stage of life. With the sun going down, the dew is setting in. Not warmly wearing, she is getting chilly. She is resta
9、ting that the phases of her life have passed her by.Dickinson describes grave as a House. Such description indicates that the poet is quite comfortable or at ease with the location.Though centuries have passed, the poet still feels it just happened yesterday. With reference of the Horses Heads, we r
10、eaders will be reminded of the vision mentioned in the 1st stanza.ContentMetaphorAlliterationImagismPersonificationAnaphoraPersonificationHe kindly stopped for meHe slowly droveHe knew no hasteFor His CivilityDeathImmortality a gentleman with favorable characteristics: kind & polite Death is a thing
11、 not to be afraid of but to embrace.The Carriage held but just OurselvesAnd Immortality. a third passenger in the carriage Death in body walks along with Immortality in mind. Death, not the end, but as a step on the way to eternal lifeAlliteration labor & leisure Recess & Ring Gazing & Grain Setting
12、 & Sun Dews & drew Gossamer & Gown Tippet & Tulle Horse & Head We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recessin the RingWe passed the Fields of Gazing GrainWe passed the Setting Sun depict a continuity of scenes, thereby emphasizing the notion of never-endingness.Metaphor works as a process to
13、 review dying memories & displays a lifelong journey one would experience implies the passage of birth, growth, maturity & deaththe carriage ride the cycle of life life is a journeythe Children young agesthe Gazing Grain productive years of ones lifethe Setting Sun the end of the day the end of life
14、a House a grave implies that the poet feels comfortable about the Death Anaphora thespeakerispassingthrougheverythingthatshehasalreadylivedthrough. givingthereadersasenseoflifegoingbyWepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtRecessintheRingWepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrainWepassedtheSettingSun worktomimic
15、theslowprogressionofthecarriage.Wereaderscanalmostheartheechoclompingofthehorse,thusfeelingpartofthejourneyinsteadofjustbeingoutsideobservers.ImagismIfirstsurmisedtheHorsesHeadsWeretowardEternitythelastimagebeforeherdeathremindthereadersofthecarriagementionedatthestartofthepoem Itseemstoturnbackthet
16、imetothebeginning. lifeisarecyclingprocess;deathisthebeginningofanotherjourneyoflife.thecarriageride,theSchool,theFieldsofGazingGrains,theSettingSun,aSwellingoftheGround,etc.deathdeathisnothingtobefearedsinceitisanaturalpartoftheendlesscycleofnature.deathisonlythebeginning,becausetodieistogoonanothe
17、rjourney.Althoughdeathtakesoneawayfromtheearthlyworld,thereisstillsomethingtolookforwardtowhenonedies:Eternallife.Immortality deathmeanseternity.Theme3ViewsThepioneerofImagistpoetryOneofthefounderofmodernistpoetry.Comparison: Whitman vs. Dickinson 1. Similarities:(1)Thematically,theybothextolled,int
18、heirdifferentways,anemergentAmerica,itsexpansionanditsindividualism,theirpoetrybeingpartof“AmericanRenaissance”.(2)Technically,theybothaddedtotheliteraryindependenceofthenewnationbybreakingfreeoftheconventionoftheiambicpentameterandexhibitingafreedominformunknownbefore:theywerepioneersinAmericanpoetry.2. Differences(1)Whitmanseemstokeephiseyeonsocietyatlarge;Dickinsonexplorestheinnerlifeoftheindividual.(2)WhereasWhitmanis“national”inhisoutlook,Dickinsonis“regional”.(3)Dickinsonhasthe“cataloguetechnique”(direct,simplestyle)whichWhitmandoesnthave.THANKYOU
