Many people are scared that after their death, they will be forgotten and that their life will not matter unless they make some kind of contribution to the world that will make them indelible to future generations of man-kind. Emily Dickinson faced this dilemma more realistically than most with acceptance of the fact that no matter what she did in her lifetime, one day she would be forgotten. In her poem “I Died for Beauty, but was Scarce,” Emily Dickinson promotes her theme about how identity is affected by death through the choice of the persona she adopts throughout them poem.
Dickinson makes distinctions about the speaker right up front. The first words of the poem are, "I died for beauty" (line 1). The reader already knows at this point
Dickinson makes distinctions about the speaker right up front. The first words of the poem are, "I died for beauty" (line 1). The reader already knows at this point