This paper will cove the themes of death in both the works of Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson in the scope of a literary analysis. By understanding the ideas that lie behind there works in the symbolism that they produce, we can find the nature of these authors in death, and why they used these themes in their work. A better understanding of their approaches to death will also be presented to reveal the meanings they lend to them. 6 pgs. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
