The Sound of Death in Emily Dickinson’s Poems

Zhengyi Jiang

doi:10.54691/bcpssh.v21i.3808

Authors

Zhengyi Jiang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v21i.3808

Keywords:

Emily Dickinson; sound; death; aesthetic; poems

Abstract

Emily Dickinson’s poetry involves in many aspects and the theme of death has been highly studied. This paper is a follow-up study of related research about the theme of death and mainly analyzes some related poems to explore the sound of death and exhibit the death aesthetic in Dickinson’s poetry. The study of death sound in Dickinson’s poems also can provide a new perspective to appreciate the death theme of Dickinson’s poetry.

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