Explore the idea of “Finality” in any poems that deal with death. How do these works view the world? Value of life? Spirituality? Afterlife?
Description Any Poem by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Walt Whitman, or Robert Browning. Compare similarities in metaphor and symbols in the poem(s) have chosen, and make an argument about the effectiveness of these literary devices in conveying the poems’ theme(s). Explore the idea of “Finality” in any poems that deal with death. How do […]