The Melancholy and Gloomy Atmosphere in Dickinson’s Poems

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10.2991/assehr.k.201230.040How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Dickinson, Gloomy, Melancholy, Poem

Abstract

Emily Dickinson has written letters and verses since her early life. Even though she is well-known with her sharp senses of humor and concise writing style, most of her poems reflect melancholy and gloomy atmosphere. One reason for the reflection may be her occasionally prickly relation with her environment. Nevertheless, her poems were not merely devoted to private and feminized sphere of introspection but also related to public affairs and national importance. Understanding her nature can provide deeper access to her poems’ meaning. She frequently articulates a desire to convey an important message and then smartly refuses to reveal its substance. She could illustrate people, events, motives, and emotions so convincingly so that the readers can feel it too. Her poetic strategy reveals a complicated scheme of variability—in praise of the infinite possibility of poetry and in protest against all prescribed patterns. Indeed, the poems, lines, and even word-sequences portray her intelligence to explore melancholy and gloomy atmosphere. Undeniably, her vision of the themes is set forth in perfect beauty. This paper tried to read Dickinson’s poems closely and apply New Criticism mechanism that makes it possible to recognize deeply the melancholy and gloomy atmosphere in some of her poems.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Suryo Tri Saksono
PY  - 2020
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TI  - The Melancholy and Gloomy Atmosphere in Dickinson’s Poems
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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