Volume I Issue III July 2021

Name of Author : M. Krishnaraj

Title of the paper : Love’s Labor Lost: Meditations and Obsessions with Death in Dickenson

Abstract: Emily Dickenson’s name is more profoundly remembered posthumously than the time when she lived to write poetry. A total of only eight poems had their publications seen by the poet when she was alive. The rest of them were published by her close friends after her passing. Seen by many critics as a lovelorn she wrote poems to satisfy her inner angst, heartaches and frustrations she underwent after a brief relationship and an imminent betrayal. The paper looks at the ways by which the poet challenged death and time which are the most mysterious and incomprehensible ever since man had set foot on the face of the earth. Almost all her poems are addressed to an anonymous A who is believed to have been the man behind her love reciprocations. Just like the dark lady and fair youth of Shakespeare have been a mystery, so is the identity of the letter A continues to daunt scholars and critics alike. The following is an excerpt from a letter written to A, the unknown which is relevant to be quoted at this context to explicate the mysterious nature of the poet and her poetry.

Keywords : Meditations and Obsessions

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Page No. : 80-82