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DEATH, DECEPTION AND DISTRESS MADE COMPATIBLE WITH WOMANHOOD: A HEMATIC EXPLORATION ON EMILY DICKINSON’S SELECT POETRY

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Suhail Habeeb
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Department of English and Foreign Languages,SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani, Chennai
DOI: 10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.013
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Emily Dickinson is one of those prolific minds of the nineteenth century in America. Born in the 1830, her assertive tone and pointed capitalizations have been noted for her unique style in composing poems dealing with themes of mortality, Gender challenging societal norms. This paper will take an attempt to investigate how Emily connects the traits of womanhood with Death and themes of Deception and Distress. To establish the afore concern the paper shall include her 'Because Could not stop for death', 'I'm wife, I've finished' that and 'They shut me up in prose'. All of these poems vividly bring out her distress in what the society expects her to be, being a woman. The tone of the poetry with its bashful words doesn't just want to challenge the society rather asserts her stance of femininity and freedom. Further, she makes Death to become the Immortal and Kind companion which makes her belief of not believing men exposed. Her interpretation of Death, advocacy of Distress and elucidation of Deception through gender roles makes her tone womanhood gallant and reflective.  However, this paper leaves an evident gap for other researchers to seek traits of Spirituality and courtship, Nature and Humanity from these poems of Dickinson.
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Mortality Gender Death Deception Distress Societal norms Femininity Freedom Courtship Humanity.
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Volume 02, Issue 03
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Mar 05 2026
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Habeeb, S. (2026). Death, Deception and Distress Made Compatible with Womanhood: A hematic Exploration on Emily Dickinson’s Select Poetry. International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, 02(03). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.013

Habeeb, Suhail. "Death, Deception and Distress Made Compatible with Womanhood: A hematic Exploration on Emily Dickinson’s Select Poetry." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, vol. 02, no. 03, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.013.

Habeeb, Suhail. "Death, Deception and Distress Made Compatible with Womanhood: A hematic Exploration on Emily Dickinson’s Select Poetry." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology 02, no. 03 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.013.

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2.Dickinson, Emily. "They shut me up in Prose." _The Poems of Emily Dickinson_, edited by R.W. Franklin, Harvard University Press, 1998, pp. 206-207.


3.Dickinson, Emily. "I'm 'Wife' — I've Finished That." _The Poems of Emily Dickinson_, edited by R.W. Franklin, Harvard University Press, 1998, pp. 734-735.


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