英美名诗赏析期末论文 Student's Name: Student's Number:5120309145 Instructor's Name:何艳 Course Name:英美名诗赏析 Date:1 June 2013 The Experience of Reading Emily Dickinson's poems Poems I choose: I felt a funeral,in my brain I heard a fly buzz-when I died Fame is a fickle food There is no frigate like a book A narrow fellow in the grass Part 1 Introduction The most impressive poems of Emily Dickinson I learned at class are Hope is the thing with feathers and Because I could not stop for death.Her beautiful,imaginative metaphors and her special description about death deeply attract me. These days,I read more poems from her.Each of her poems takes me into the world she creates.And I start to find the complexity of her inner world behind her seemingly simple words. Part 2 Analysis (1)Her art of depiction She can always describe things detailedly and vividly,which makes it easy for me to form the picture in my mind to rebuild the world she tries to create. In the poem I felt a funeral in my brain,she writes about her imaginary experience of a dead person before he enters another world.She cleverly chooses the angle of the sense of hearing, which makes me feel just like the speaker-with my eyes closed,maybein the coffin,and the only way I can feel the world is to hear.As time goes on,the noise at the funeral becomes louder and louder and even "across my soul".Suddenly,everything changes-the noisy world turns to be silent.-it's time to enter another world. Emily's art of depiction is also fully shown in A narrow fellow in the grass.She doesn't even tell us the object of the poem but we can easily find the answer-the snake.It's because she chooses the typical features of snake such as"narrow","the grass divides as with a comb","he likes a boggy acre"and so on.And all these episodes together establish the vivid image of the snake. She also pays much attention to the details.In I heard a fly buzz-when I died,the sound of the fly changes from "buzz"to "uncertain stumbling buzz",and finally the world becomes silent.It shows the process of death-from consciousness to unconsciousness.The Experience of Reading Emily Dickinson’s poems Poems I choose: I felt a funeral, in my brain I heard a fly buzz - when I died Fame is a fickle food There is no frigate like a book A narrow fellow in the grass Part 1 Introduction The most impressive poems of Emily Dickinson I learned at class are Hope is the thing with feathers and Because I could not stop for death. Her beautiful, imaginative metaphors and her special description about death deeply attract me. These days, I read more poems from her. Each of her poems takes me into the world she creates. And I start to find the complexity of her inner world behind her seemingly simple words. Part 2 Analysis (1)Her art of depiction She can always describe things detailedly and vividly, which makes it easy for me to form the picture in my mind to rebuild the world she tries to create. In the poem I felt a funeral in my brain , she writes about her imaginary experience of a dead person before he enters another world. She cleverly chooses the angle of the sense of hearing, which makes me feel just like the speaker - with my eyes closed, maybein the coffin ,and the only way I can feel the world is to hear. As time goes on, the noise at the funeral becomes louder and louder and even “across my soul”. Suddenly, everything changes - the noisy world turns to be silent. - it’s time to enter another world. Emily’s art of depiction is also fully shown in A narrow fellow in the grass. She doesn’t even tell us the object of the poem but we can easily find the answer - the snake. It’s because she chooses the typical features of snake such as “narrow”,”the grass divides as with a comb”,”he likes a boggy acre” and so on. And all these episodes together establish the vivid image of the snake. She also pays much attention to the details. In I heard a fly buzz - when I died, the sound of the fly changes from “ buzz” to “uncertain stumbling buzz”,and finally the world becomes silent. It shows the process of death - from consciousness to unconsciousness. 英美名诗赏析 期末论文 Student’s Name: Student’s Number: 5120309145 Instructor’s Name: 何艳 Course Name: 英美名诗赏析 Date: 1 June 2013