Emily Semaya Emily Dickinson’s 320th published poem, colloquially titled “There’s a certain Slant of light,” in reference to the first line, explores feelings of deep heaviness and despair through the use of comparisons and metaphors. The poem is arranged in quatrains, with each stanza following an ABCB rhyme scheme, save for the final one which … Continue reading A Certain Slant of Emily: Paradoxical Oppression in Dickinson’s Poem 320