AS IMPERCEPTIBLY AS GRIEF – EMILY DICKINSON
CONTEXT:
Born in Massachusetts, America
Spent most of her time writing in her bedroom and never went out after
1865
He house was facing a graveyard where some of her friends and family
were buried.
She was fascinated by death
She usually wore white clothes
Her friendships were formed through letters
RHYME SCHEME:
Blank verse
Common meter of alternating lines with the first and third in a stanza being
8 syllables, and the second and fourth having 6 syllables
TONE AND MOOD:
Melancholic
Sad
Morose
Somber
Meaningful
THEMES:
Nature
Love
Transience/Change
Death/Mortality
Fragility
Awe & Amazement
Time
CONTEXT:
Born in Massachusetts, America
Spent most of her time writing in her bedroom and never went out after
1865
He house was facing a graveyard where some of her friends and family
were buried.
She was fascinated by death
She usually wore white clothes
Her friendships were formed through letters
RHYME SCHEME:
Blank verse
Common meter of alternating lines with the first and third in a stanza being
8 syllables, and the second and fourth having 6 syllables
TONE AND MOOD:
Melancholic
Sad
Morose
Somber
Meaningful
THEMES:
Nature
Love
Transience/Change
Death/Mortality
Fragility
Awe & Amazement
Time
