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1、OnEmilyDickinson’BecauseICouldNotStopforDeathByEmilyElisabethDickinson(1830-1886)isthemostimportantpoetin19thCenturyAmerica.Bornin Amherst,Massachusetts,toasuccessfulfamilywithstrongcommunityties,shelivedamostlyintrovertedandreclusivelife.Consideredaneccentricbythelocals,shebe
2、cameknownforherpenchantforwhiteclothingandherreluctancetogreetguestsor,laterinlife,evenleaveherroom.WhileDickinsonwasaprolificprivatepoet,fewerthanadozenofhernearly1,800poemswerepublishedduringherlifetime. Theworkthatwaspublishedduringherlifetimewasusuallyalteredsignificantlyb
3、ythepublisherstofittheconventionalpoeticrulesofthetime.Dickinson'spoemsareuniquefortheerainwhichshewrote;theycontainshortlines,typicallylacktitles,andoftenuse slantrhyme aswellasunconventionalcapitalizationandpunctuation.Manyofherpoemsdealwiththemesofdeathandimmortality.Thepoe
4、mICouldNotStopforDeathisoneofEmilyDickinson’sfamousmasterpieces.ItisalsooneofthegreatpoemsintheEnglishlanguage.Itisabrilliant,extraordinarylyric.Beingwellconstructed,easilyunderstood,andfilledwithmanypoeticconventions,thepoemmainlyfocusesontwothemes:deathandeternity.Traditiona
5、lly,Deathisbloodcurdling.Inthispoem,however,thewriterpersonifiesdeathandeternity.DeathisimaginedtobeagentlemanwhoconnectswithImmortality.Andthewriterherself,asaninnocentgirl,wasmovedbythemannersofthatgentleman---death.Finally,sheandhercompanioneternitygetintothecarriageofdeath
6、.Inthewholepoem,thereisnohorribleexistence.Onthecontrary,everythingissoquiet,harmoniousandwarm.Itrevealstheclamacceptanceoflifewithdignity,graceandhowitiswelcomedratherthanfeared.IlikethispoemBecauseICouldNotStopforDeathverymuchnotonlybecauseitiswell-written,butalsoDickinson’s
7、optimisticattitudetowardlife.AlthoughEmilyDickinsondoesn’tusesomephrasessuchaslove,lifeornatureinthepoem,herlovetolifeisrecognizable.ForDickinson,deathisnottheterminalbutanotherworldandstate.Inthisarticle,Iwillanalyzefiguresofspeechusedinthepoem.1.FiguresofspeechinBecauseICoul
8、dNotStopforDeathDashesDashesareusedmanytimes.Forexample,inthe
