In Dickenson’s poem, I noticed in her writing style a repetition of dashes; used to create a pause and also a dramatic effect. I thought of the pauses as annoying and hard to say properly, but I guess I could see why it was used to regularly. The more you have to pause, the more confusing it can get but also it is very dramatic. It also gave the poem a nice ring to it, like it was sort of easier to read because they are all short, pausing sentences. This kind of poetry is more rhyming and actual poem sounding than some other types of poetry. Dickinson’s poetry has a dramatic effect within the poems and it creates a certain tone that Dickinson wanted to portray.

-Christina :)