Emily Dickinson's Translation of Christian Words In Emily Dickinson's poems, the most sacred figures and words Protestant-Calvinist church tend to symbolize the exact opposite of the intended meaning and challenge its conformity to religion. The powerful connotations of words like Redemption; images of baptism and crucifixion; the theological and cultural ideals of Christian faith and sacrifice "all are recast to serve her revolutionary poetics. Richard Wilbur has said of Dickinson ... the Throne - (Poem 698) The significance of Puritan-Calvinism's interpretations of the Bible is further empha...

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Poet of Many Personas Emily Dickinson is a poet of many faces. She often writes through many different personas who are easy to relate to. One of her greatest techniques is to write about the particulars of her emotions in an adage-like tone. Dickinson uses the connotation of the sea and slant rhyme in "Wild Nights-Wild Nights" and irony to dispel a somber tone about God in "I Heard a ... quatrain, and the connotation of "Ah- the Sea!" (9) leaves room for many interpretations. The sea could mean the female body or be imagery for passion and lust. The choice of "Our luxury" (4) is denotation of...

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