There's A Certain Slant of Light by Emily Dickinson: GCSE
There’s a Certain Slant of Light Emily Dickinson 1861 Find out more about Emily Dickinson by watching a documentary about her. Context: Emily Dickinson was a prolific poet who did not want her work to be published. She thought that if her work was bought and paid for, it was like an auction of the mind. However, Dick inson produced hand bound books for herself in order to draw her work together . This desire to keep her work private is reflected in the poem with its theme of isolation and its exploration of the soul of the individual. Brought up a Calvinist*, in adult life she decided to stop attending public worship while still retaining a sense of faith. Her struggle with spirituality is evident in the poem as religion is a key theme. *Following the Christian teachings of John Calvin, e s pecially the belief that God controls what happens on earth. Calvinists have very strict moral standar...