Textual Trappings in Emily Dickinson's Selected Poems
Resumen
Dickinson´s poetry is unique for several reasons. For her poems
can be regarded very private .She was interested in the innermost
world of the human mind. Thus one of the foremost aspects of her
poetry is the ability to condense a great theme or an intense
involvement into a few lines. Both the structure as well as poetic
diction of Dickinson were exceptionally inventive in her lifetime. She
highlighted her poetry by a distinctive use of capitalization, and of
punctuations she used primarily dashes. Such use was so innovative
and helpful to the poet to interpret her intention. It also functions as
providing different interpretations to the poem leading the reader to
have a very vivid and active role in these interpretations. This also
might be due to her own personality as well as the sensitive attitudes
she has towards issues in life and her desire to add ambiguity to her
poems that are supposed to talk about her own experiences and the
situations she lived in. Thus, Dickinson’s poetic novelty is due to the
spiritual forces of the world around her. Such a thing led her to have an
acceptance of life as it is and gave her a distinctive style among which
is the use of dashes as well as the intended capitalization to reflect in
a very distinctive and unique way her intention as well as her
conviction about life and the world around her. A conviction that is
more personal and more of hers as well.
