Emily Dickinson as a mystic poet

                            Modern interpreters of Emily Dickinson’s poems have succeeded in theorizing her stand points. Her poems are considered as feminist, Psychoanalytic etc. but a close readings of her poems will reveal that they are more metaphysical than material.

                            Ambivalence is the key in analyzing Ms. Dickinson’s poems. When she deals with ‘Death’ she presents ambivalent nature of all things. It is common in her poems to see God or Death as cruel as well as compassionate. As William Blake's poetry testify, this is an essential feature mystic writings, which synthesize the contradictory faces of the world in to an organic whole.

Emily Dickinson (Objective Questions)

1. The poem She Rose to His Requirement is also referred by the digit-------

An: 732

2. Name the magazine in which five of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published when she was alive?

An: Springfield Republican.

3. How many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her life time?

An: 7

4. What is the name of the seminary Emily Dickinson attended?

An: South Hardly Female Seminary

5. Emily Dickinson’s writing style is noted for its............

An: ellipses

6. Hand bound volumes of Emily Dickinson’s poems are called as...........

An: fascicles

7. What does the word ‘fascicle’ mean?

An:  bundle

8.  How did Emily Dickinson describe Rev. Charles Wardsworth?

An: my closest earthly friend