Emily Dickinson/Louisa May Alcott
Emily Dickinson was probably the most prominent romantic poet of her time. She captured people through her own emotions and rhythmic techniques. She gets her point across in her poems using a very small amount of words. Most of her poetry dealt with the subjects of nature, sexuality, religion, and death. Even though Emily was born into a Protestant family, she was very alone. She stayed upstairs in her parents house all alone for most of her life. She was diagnosed with Bright’s disease and because of that she felt that society would not give her a chance or understand her. I can relate to that personally because there are plenty of times where I feel I am misunderstood. A lot of her poetry would deal along the lines of death because she witnessed all her family and close friends dying before her. From reading her poems I could tell she was very interested in sex and passion and probably had many lovers, at least one being female. Poem 269 she used a compass and a chart to illustrate love making between a man and a woman. As far as death, she personified it and was at peace with it. She said she would be ok if death came and whisped her away because she has not paid much attention to it.
Louisa May Alcott was and American novelist and best known for her novel Little Women. Alcott was very much so an abolitionist and a feminist. Her short story My Contraband was about a nurse who has interest in a black contraband, Robert. She shows Robert great affection and comfort but however she knows that she cannot love him. She knows that she cannot get caught touching and soothing him although Robert is 3 quarters white. Clearly Nurse Dane is an abolitionist as well just like Alcott. Ultimately Nurse Dane views Robert as a lower form of human existence but doesn’t really realize it. That can go for anyone. We always do things and mean no harm by it, but ultimately it could be affecting or hurting someone else without us even realizing it. There are just a lot of things we are blind to.
Emily Dickinson was probably the most prominent romantic poet of her time. She captured people through her own emotions and rhythmic techniques. She gets her point across in her poems using a very small amount of words. Most of her poetry dealt with the subjects of nature, sexuality, religion, and death. Even though Emily was born into a Protestant family, she was very alone. She stayed upstairs in her parents house all alone for most of her life. She was diagnosed with Bright’s disease and because of that she felt that society would not give her a chance or understand her. I can relate to that personally because there are plenty of times where I feel I am misunderstood. A lot of her poetry would deal along the lines of death because she witnessed all her family and close friends dying before her. From reading her poems I could tell she was very interested in sex and passion and probably had many lovers, at least one being female. Poem 269 she used a compass and a chart to illustrate love making between a man and a woman. As far as death, she personified it and was at peace with it. She said she would be ok if death came and whisped her away because she has not paid much attention to it.
Louisa May Alcott was and American novelist and best known for her novel Little Women. Alcott was very much so an abolitionist and a feminist. Her short story My Contraband was about a nurse who has interest in a black contraband, Robert. She shows Robert great affection and comfort but however she knows that she cannot love him. She knows that she cannot get caught touching and soothing him although Robert is 3 quarters white. Clearly Nurse Dane is an abolitionist as well just like Alcott. Ultimately Nurse Dane views Robert as a lower form of human existence but doesn’t really realize it. That can go for anyone. We always do things and mean no harm by it, but ultimately it could be affecting or hurting someone else without us even realizing it. There are just a lot of things we are blind to. 
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