Romanticism, Realism and Emily Dickinson :: Romanticism Realism Emily Dickinson

Romanticism, Realism and Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson wrote at the bathroom end of the Romantic period, and even though she was influenced by virtually of the ideals of Romanticism, is intimately commonly known as a writer from the Realist era. However, her writing embodies the defining characteristics that are identified with each of these periods. The main characteristic of Romanticism that Emily Dickinson portrays in her writing is the emphases of the importance of Nature to the Romantics. In most of her poems there is some mention or comparison to something found in Nature. In numbers 449, she refers to the moss that covers the names on the graves of the tombstones of Beauty and Truth. The puritans believed Nature to be the neighborhood of the devil. By including references to Nature in many of her poems, she was rebelling against the ideals of the Puritan upbringing she had dislike so much. Realists are considered to be concerned wi th poverty, extortion and the negative aspects of life the bitter realities of life. In Poem 216, Emily uses words to create a metaphor for the Puritan counsel of life. She reveals how much they distance themselves from others and how living a Puritan way of life is much like walking on earth dead. In many ways, she mocks the wealthy Puritans too. It was their belief to not spend their money, still instead save it. In Poem 216, she is saying that all the money the Puritans commence in life is spent on their tombstones since they are not allowed to have it away their riches in this life. Many of her poems deal with death or dying, but this is simply a metaphor to express how bleak life has trace to be in the present. Realists were also trying to push for social reform through their writing, hinting at what may happen if reforms do not find out place. Emily Dickinson views the Puritan life as a life that oppresses people from the joys it elicit bring. Puri tans try to live a life full of hard call on and little pleasure since pleasure is a thing of the devil.