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“The Frost of Death was on the Pane (1136)” by Emily Dickinson (1866)
This poem directly references “A narrow Fellow in the Grass (1096)” and enriches its interpretative potential. Here, she extends her love of nature to its non-animal aspects, including flowers, the sea, mountains, the sun, and even the titular frost. “The Frost of Death was on the Pane” also speaks directly to Dickinson’s chronic illnesses and increasingly isolated lifestyle, as the speaker of the poem contemplates mortality and the inevitability of death while looking out of a window.
“Because I could not stop for Death (479)” by Emily Dickinson (1890)
In “Because I could not stop for Death,” Dickinson’s isolation and fear of death is cast aside for a playful personification of Death, which, though resolute in collecting the speaker, is nevertheless polite in its approach. There is an optimistic energy in the poem’s contemplation of Eternity that is not present in later works.
“Hope is the thing with Feathers (314)” by Emily Dickinson (1861)
This poem anticipates “A narrow Fellow in the Grass (1096),” as its speaker offers the opposite of personification—zoomorphism, or taking a human feature and making it animalistic.
By Emily Dickinson
A Bird, came down the Walk
A Bird, came down the Walk
Emily Dickinson
A Clock stopped—
A Clock stopped—
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Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
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"Faith" is a fine invention
"Faith" is a fine invention
Emily Dickinson
Fame Is a Fickle Food (1702)
Fame Is a Fickle Food (1702)
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Hope is a strange invention
Hope is a strange invention
Emily Dickinson
"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers
"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers
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I Can Wade Grief
I Can Wade Grief
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I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind
I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind
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I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain
I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain
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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
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If I should die
If I should die
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If you were coming in the fall
If you were coming in the fall
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I heard a Fly buzz — when I died
I heard a Fly buzz — when I died
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I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
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Much Madness is divinest Sense—
Much Madness is divinest Sense—
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Success Is Counted Sweetest
Success Is Counted Sweetest
Emily Dickinson
Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Emily Dickinson
The Only News I Know
The Only News I Know
Emily Dickinson
There is no Frigate like a Book
There is no Frigate like a Book
Emily Dickinson