DICKINSONS BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH,DICK

DICKINSONSBECAUSEICOULDNOTSTOPFORDEATH,DICKINSONSBECDICKINSONSBECAUSEICOULDNOTSTOPFORDEATH由英语作文网整理收集Abstract:Analyzesthepoem`BecauseICouldNotStopforDeath,`byEmilyDickinson.Theuseofrememberedimagesofthepasttoclarifyinfiniteconceptionsthroughtheestablishmentofadialecticalrelationshipbetweenrealityandimagination,theknownandtheunknown;Theviewpointofeternity;Understandingoftheincomprehensible;Thestagesofexistence.DICKINSON`SBECAUSEICOULDNOTSTOPFORDEATHIn“BecauseICouldNotStopforDeath”(J712),EmilyDickinsonusesrememberedimagesofthepasttoclarifyinfiniteconceptionsthroughtheestablishmentofadialecticalrelationshipbetweenrealityandimagination,theknownandtheunknown.[1]Byviewingthisrelationshipholisticallyandhierarchicallyorderingthestagesoflifetoincludedeathandeternity,Dickinsonsuggeststheinterconnectedandmutuallydeterminednatureofthefiniteandinfinite.[2]Fromtheviewpointofeternity,thespeakerrecallsexperiencesthathappenedonearthcenturiesago.Inherrecollection,sheattemptstoidentifytheeternalworldbyitsrelationshiptotemporalstandards,asshestatesthat“Centuries”(21)ineternityare“shorterthanthe[earthly]day”(22).Likewise,byanthropomorphizingDeathasakindandcivilgentleman,thespeakerparticularizesDeath`scharacteristicswithfavorableconnotations.[3]Similarly,thefiniteandinfiniteareamalgamatedinthefourthstanza:TheDewsdrewquiveringandchill--ForonlyGossamer,myGown--MyTippett--onlyTulle--(14-16)Intheselinesthespeaker`stemporalexistence,whichallowshertoquiverassheischilledbythe“Dew,”mergeswiththespiritualuniverse,asthespeakerisattiredina“Gown”andcapeor“Tippet,”mader第123页下一页