Romantic & Victorian Poetry
I like a look of Agony by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This small poem tells us about the agonized looks of a sufferer and finally about the agony of death. The look of agony is real because it cannot be imitated. On the contrary, men may...
To fight aloud, is very brave by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
Emily Dickinson describes the predicament of man in terms of the fight. The images in the poem are from war. Emily Dickinson’s tragic sense is vividly reflected in the poem. The poet celebrates the heroism...
There’s a certain Slant of light by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
The poem describes the slant rays of light in a winter afternoon. Winter symbolizes death and ‘afternoon’ further stands for death. So, the situation presented in the poem is that of a speaker contemplating the...
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This poem is about the dead buried in the grave. The dead are described as the meek members of the resurrection” sleeping safe in their graves, which are described as ‘alabaster chambers’. They remain there...
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This is one of the greatest poems of Emily imaginary. The theme of the poem is not the funeral, real or imaginary, but an aberration of the mind, the gradual break-up of rational powers and...
A Clock Stopped by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
Apparently about a clock suddenly coming to a stop, the poem deals, in fact, with death and its deep philosophical and religious implications. Exploiting the age-old-superstition of a person dying when a clock stops, and...
Of Bronze-and Blaze by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This is one of the finest, but strangely, the most neglected of Emily Dickinson’s poems. This mystic poem deals with the old familiar poetic subjects–man and his relation to God and Nature. The splendor of...
Exultation is the going by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
Exultation is the going written in 1859, shows distinctive features of Dickinson’s poetry. The main focus is on a feeling that becomes “divine intoxication”. The excitement of travel to the sea away from home, especially...
What Inn is this by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This poem of Emily Dickinson, written in 1859, centers round the theme of life and death and its metaphorical meaning. The inn in this poem can be metaphorically the life and in another point of...
These are the days when the Birds come back by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
The poem is, explicitly, about the end of summer and the commencement of the fall season. At this time, nature is unpredictable and birds migrate to other countries for the change of season. The poem...
