Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Dickinson

1. Captivity

I think that captivity is the most striking word in Dickinson's poem, 613, because it shows a reference to the fact that during her time women were sort of held "captive" in a way. She was oppressed along with many other women of her time because men were thought to be those who could think and write and be intellectual whereas women were supposed to be domestic. I think that this one word shows the whole idea of the poem. It shows her transformation between being captive in the closet to laughing off her oppressors which is a huge feat she is able to overcome. Captivity is the idea that she struggles through and makes it out alive. Though her poems weren't published until after her death, she didn't need publishing to help her overcome her captivity. Poetry was her way out of the captivity. It was something she needed for herself to get through the struggle of being a women of the age.



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