As Imperceptibly As Grief Flashcards
AIAG- Opener: Time
Dickinson uses ‘As Imperceptibly as Grief’ as a vehicle to highlight the inevitable passing of time and its capacity
to soften feelings of grief. Dickinson’s reclusive lifestyle afforded her the opportunity to contemplate the
profound aspects of life and death, which was intensified by her own personal experience of loss.
AIAG- Opener: Loss
Dickinson uses ‘As Imperceptibly as Grief’ as vehicle to contemplate the complex human experience of loss and
its capacity to subtly diminish over time. Dickinson’s reclusive lifestyle afforded her the time to contemplate
the profound aspects of life and death which was intensified by her own personal experience of loss
Quotes?
A T D A G O
As imperceptibly as grief, the summer lapsed away
Time: compares loss to the unnoticeable passing of time
Loss: repeaters title, cannot ignore grief as much as u try
Too imperceptible at last to seem like Perfidy
Time: caesura, moments of reflection, grief lessening over time can feel like betrayal
Loss: change from adverb to adjective, unnoticeable like the process of grief
Dusk drew earlier in
Time: days are getting shorter, compares grief tho changes in time
Loss: changes in grief and loss are like the subtle changes of nature/time
A courteous yet harrowing grace
Time: time carries you through the stages of grief
Loss: juxtaposition, presents loss as something gentle and graceful
As guest that would be gone
Time: as time goes on like a guest grief comes and goes and eventually leaves
Loss: loss will not live with you forever, will eventually keave
Our summer made her light escape into the beautiful.
Time: uses summer to show how time has changed feelings of loss
Loss: collective experience, without loss, no one would care about anyone
Context
- reclusive
- experience loss from an early age
- lived near a graveyard
