1. emily dickinson
... occurs on line four as she writes, "And Immortality." The word "Immortality" is given a line by its! elf to show its importance. Perhaps the most notable way in which Dickinson uses form is when she ends the poem with a dash, which seems to indicate that the poem is never ending, just as eternity is never ending. "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died," points to a disbelief ... be simplified into the fact that death was inside the speaker. "and mourners to and fro/kept treading-treading-till it seemed/that sense was breaking through-"(2,3,4). Here the speaker is bothered by their inner death...
- Word Count: 1472
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School