The Magnificence of Mother Nature in the Poems of Emily Dickinson and Kamala Das
Keywords:
Mother Nature, mystical, divinity, manifestation, solaceAbstract
Many writers have depicted the relationship between human beings and Mother Nature. Our harmonious life with nature offers us the power to develop as individuals with unusual power. This paper tries to analyse the magnificence of Mother Nature in the poems of two women poets, Emily Dickinson and Kamala Das. This study makes a comparative assessment of a few poems of both the poets to decipher the differences and resemblances in their representation of landscapes. Dickinson tries to view nature from a mystical standpoint and associates it with Divinity. Though Das’ poems do not show the manifestation of God in nature, she reveals how she experiences solace in the hands of nature during her life in cities.
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