There’s a certain Slant of light
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"There’s a certain Slant of light" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that meditates on the oppressive, spiritual weight of winter light and its connection to inner despair and mortality.
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| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem → |
| associatedWith |
Amherst, Massachusetts
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| author |
Emily Dickinson
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| exploresConcept |
incommunicability of intense suffering
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intersection of religion and psychological pain → relationship between external nature and inner emotion → |
| firstLine |
There’s a certain Slant of light
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| form |
short lyric
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| genre |
lyric poetry
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| hasSymbol |
heavenly hurt
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imperial affliction → slant of winter light → |
| imagery |
cathedral tunes
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landscape listening → winter light → |
| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
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Transcendentalism-influenced poetry → |
| meter |
common meter
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| mood |
oppressive
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somber → |
| period |
19th century American literature
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| rhymeScheme |
slant rhyme
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| setting |
winter afternoon
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| subjectMatter |
awareness of death
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inner despair → psychological impact of winter light → spiritual oppression → |
| theme |
despair
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isolation → mortality → nature → religious doubt → spiritual crisis → suffering → |
| tone |
contemplative
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melancholic → oppressive → |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
alliteration
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enjambment → imagery → metaphor → paradox → personification → simile → |
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There’s a certain Slant of light
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Emily Dickinson
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