Emily Dickinson was ahead of her time in the way she wrote her poems. The poems she wrote had much more intelligence and background that the common person could comprehend and understand. People of all ages and critics loved her writings and their meanings, but disliked her original, bold style. Many critics restyled her poetry to their liking and are often so popular are put in books alongside Dickinson’s original poetry (Tate 1). She mainly …showed first 75 words of 657 total…

…showed last 75 words of 657 total…telling what Jesus’ crown of thorns signified to the Puritans. It not only signifies sacrifice of Jesus’ life for our sins but love and sorrow also (Juhasz 167). Love was another favored subject of Dickinson. She never talks about her love or lover but mainly concentrates on the passion side of love. In her poetry, she represents man with the words “Father,” “King,” “Lord,” and “Master.” She uses a metaphor to describe women to men as