Poem by Emily Dickinson 422In her poem numbered 422, Emily Dickinson addresses death, the theme of many of her works. This poem describes the death of a woman and the emotions of those around her at the time of her passing. The first line of this poem is very interesting. Dickinson uses the phrase "the last night he lived" instead of the night he died, as many would describe this circumstance. This places more emphasis on the life of the person who dies and their life. You don't think about the night someone dies or even the last night they live. Dickinson says this night was ordinary, except this woman was dying. Anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one understands this phrase. When someone you know is dying, your way of thinking is consumed over a period of time. It makes you think about nature, as she states, and your life much bigger than you usually look at it. In the second verse Dickinson continues with this thought that when death is put in front of you the world seems extremely different. He says, “We noticed the smallest things, things overlooked before.” Watching someone die brings out even the smallest details of life that don't seem important in everyday life. Death is like a “great light” that reveals these things that are always present to us. When death is on your mind, aspects of life become more prevalent in every sense. Dickinson even calls these little things “italicized” for those who saw this woman die. When a word is italicized it is written at an angle to draw attention to it. This woman's death made every little thing around these people worth their attention Dickinson tells of the people who at this woman's death moved "ou... middle of paper... facing their death. Even if one is away from work and duties when they experience the death of someone close to them, it's not like a holiday. It's terrible because now you have to face the fact that this person is gone. You have to adjust your beliefs. Dickinson concludes: The moment after a death is when you have to convince yourself that that person is truly gone. Although Dickinson deals with death, one of her prevailing themes, in this poem, she does so very differently one and the pain that comes with it. something that many people experience sometime in their lives. other poems when Dickinson talks about death it is about her own death or about Death as a figure that has its own personality because she was quite intrigued by it the poem deals with more of an experience human and emotional that everyone can identify with.