This essay reflects on the representation of death in two major writers of American literature; Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. The discussion is based on comparative theory and thematic analysis. As Emily Dickinson has tried her hand only on poems I purposely avoid the huge body of fictional writing of Poe and limit this work only to his poems. The main argument is constructed around the thought that though both poets are obsessed with death, and a number of their works knit around the theme of death they do not share the same idea about the death. Their poetic world shows that they see and present death in a very different way.
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