Amalgamation of the Diverse Architectural Designs-Free-Samples

Question: Notice the architecture all around you.Consider the message in the design. Write a Critical Response and Explaining 1 section of the Poem showing the aspects of the poem that are mentioned and the metaphors. Answer: The world around us is a beautiful amalgamation of the various diverse architectural designs as well as patterns which is seldom noticed by the inhabitants of this world (Griffith, 2015). Emily Dickinson is one of the rare few literary geniuses who sought to portray this beauty in her poetical works (Homans, 2014). It is noticed that all her major literary works use various symbolisms as well as metaphors from the world of art and the world around her (Griffith, 2015). People generally choose to see the ugliness as well as mundane realties of the present world and therefore they focus on such issues in their works. However, the works of Dickinson are redolent with the beauties of her native America (Homans, 2014). In her poem Because I could not stop for Death, Emily Dickinson uses the natural surroundings of her native America to portray the theme of death and the journey from this life to the afterlife (Griffith, 2015). In this poem, Death is present as a chivalrous gentleman who takes his lady on a chariot ride around the natural surroundings (Homans, 2014). It is to be noted that since the traditional times death has been presented as a counterpart of sleep and life itself is given the attribute of a dream, as found in the famous lines of William Shakespeare from the play Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come... It is to be noted that in the first stanza, the speaker tells us about her merry journey with the gentleman in the past tense, hinting that it had probably happened yesterday only (Griffith, 2015). However, at the end of the poem the readers find out that the journey had actually happened a long time back probably hundreds of year back, at the same time realizing that she is heading towards Eternity (Griffith, 2015). The tone of the first stanza suggests that death had not taken the speaker by surprise on the contrary she has been waiting for death for a long time now which is suggested by the lines Because I could not stop for Death ("Because I could not stop for Death (479) by Emily Dickinson", 2018). Therefore, when it appears before her in the guise of a chivalrous gentleman or her prince charming she is not at all surprised. It is interesting to note that contrary to the way death has been portrayed as a gruesome thing by the other literary artists of her day, she decides to paint death as a charming young who has appeared before her to take her on a merry ride. Dickinson might be having Dantes The Divina Commedia at the back of her mind when she wrote this particular poem as there is a clear resemblance between Dante standing on the door of Hell and the lady mentioned in the poem Because I could not stop for Death (Griffith, 2015). Another interesting thing to note about the opening stanza of the poem is that the poet has presented death as a journey from this world to the world of eternity and also she dwells on immortality (Griffith, 2015). This is in direct contradiction to the standard opinion of people who consider death as an end in itself. For the poet, Emily Dickinson, death is a merry ride around her American hometown with a charming young gentleman in an open carriage (Homans, 2014). Another a spect to be noted is that contrary to the traditional Christian belief which ascribes gruesomeness with the concept of death, here she ascribes the attribute of kindness to death which is clearly outlined by the line, He kindly stopped for me ("Because I could not stop for Death (479) by Emily Dickinson", 2018). This particular line is also important in another sense. It provides us with the gender roles of the society of Dickinsons time. The act of attributing masculine gender to death is a clear indication that in her times all the important powerful positions were held by men (Homans, 2014). According to Issac Asimov, Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. However, in this particular poem by Emily Dickinson, it is found that the transition from this world to the next world is actually very smooth as well as enjoyable for the narrator of the poem. There are poets like Dylan Thomas, who had advised not to go gentle into the unknown land of de ath in lines like Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. However, in the poem under discussion here it is found that the lady is about to make the journey from this world to the world of eternity as if she were going on a merry ride in a carriage with a young suitor (Griffith, 2015). Therefore, from the above discussion it becomes clear that the poems of Emily Dickinson are a beautiful amalgamation of the natural beauties which she found in the native land of America and certain mystical elements which she was able to attain by virtue of her upbringing and also by her close association with the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. The poem Because I count not stop for Death makes use of the natural surroundings and the symbolisms derived from the various literary texts and common perceptions to portray Dickinsons idea of death. References Because I could not stop for Death (479) by Emily Dickinson. (2018).Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 17 February 2018, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47652/because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-479 Griffith, C. (2015).Long Shadow: Emily Dickinson's Tragic Poetry. Princeton University Press. Hamlet: Entire Play. (2018).Shakespeare.mit.edu. Retrieved 17 February 2018, from https://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/full.html Homans, M. (2014).Women Writers and Poetic Identity: Dorothy Wordsworth, Emily Bronte and Emily Dickinson. Princeton University Press. Thomas, D. (2018).Do not go gentle into that good night.Do not go gentle into that good night. Retrieved 17 February 2018, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/do-not-go-gentle-good-night