Dickinson’s uses long sentences in the poem that are fragmented by the use of capital letters and hyphens. The disjointed sentences give the poem a “brusque tone” (Piñero and Guijarro). This brusque tone suggested by Piñero and Guijarro is interesting when compared to the idea of death in the poem. Death is normally seen as a peaceful end to life experienced on earth, yet here the death is brusque. The irregularity and brusque tone of the poem present “a bare skeleton of emotion that hasn’t yet been decorated with dramatic imagery” (Peter). An example of what Mr. Peter is saying is shown in the first and second stanzas. Dickinson
Dickinson’s uses long sentences in the poem that are fragmented by the use of capital letters and hyphens. The disjointed sentences give the poem a “brusque tone” (Piñero and Guijarro). This brusque tone suggested by Piñero and Guijarro is interesting when compared to the idea of death in the poem. Death is normally seen as a peaceful end to life experienced on earth, yet here the death is brusque. The irregularity and brusque tone of the poem present “a bare skeleton of emotion that hasn’t yet been decorated with dramatic imagery” (Peter). An example of what Mr. Peter is saying is shown in the first and second stanzas. Dickinson