The controversial interpretation of death in edgar allan poe's “the raven” and emily dickinson's “i heard a fly buzz when i died”

Abstract EN

American writers sought to create an independent literary identity of their own.

This meant new writing styles as well as writing themes.

It all started with Romanticism, Transcendentalism as well as Dark Romanticism.

Each of these schools had different principles; therefore different writing styles.

The present article will tackle two renowned poets; Emily Dickinson and her “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” and Edgar Allan Poe and his “The Raven.

” Since Dickinson published only poetry, the author in this article will focus only on Poe's poetry writing techniques; thus neglecting his prolific prose works.

The author will then discuss that despite both poets chose death to be their central theme in most of their writings, yet both had a different view of it.

Finally, the author will conclude with the fact that the different interpretation of death was actually the result of both poets' melancholic lives.