Acknowledgements In the process of completing this thesis, I was grateful to receive the advice and encouragement from many teachers and friends without which this thesis would not be possible.43984

My deepest thank goes to my supervisor Professorwho has given me valuable support and guidance when I was faced with difficulties at the beginning of my studies. It was her effective instructions and quick corrections that kept this thesis in the right direction. She has offered me comprehensive supervision from the selection of the topic, the arrangement of the materials, and the composition of the thesis to the enhancement of the draft. Besides, her strictness in academic research will benefit me the whole life.

My gratitude also goes to all the teachers who gave me lectures in the previous four years when I studied in the Hangzhou Normal University. I want to thank them for their patient teaching and guidance which make me interested in poetry.

Finally, I feel very grateful to my parents for their selfless love and devotion over all the past years. To those friends and classmates who have given me meaningful suggestion in the pursuit of this task, I also want to express my sincere gratitude.

 Emily Dickinson’s Contradiction in Her Nature Poems

Abstract    Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest poets in American literature. Among her nearly 1800 poems, 500 are about nature. Nature becomes her source of writing as well as purifying her soul. Dickinson lived in an isolated world constructed by her, which was filled with ambivalence, contradiction, and paradox. Likewise, in her nature poems, the most distinguished feature is contradiction.

This thesis tries to analyze Dickinson’s contradiction in her nature poems. Dickinson’s nature was wide, including animals, plants, the sunrise and sunset, and seasons. However her feelings about nature were paradoxical. On the one hand, she loved nature and showed high respect to it. One the other hand, she was scared of nature for its coldness and mercilessness.

Keywords: nature; contradiction; seclusion; Puritanism; Transcendentalism

论艾米莉•狄金森自然诗中的矛盾自然观

摘要艾米莉•狄金森是美国文学史上的一位重要诗人，在她所创作的近1800首诗歌中，有将近500首是以自然为主题的`吹冰~文[论]文'网www.chuibin.com。自然不仅赋予了她创作灵感，而且净化了她的灵魂。狄金森生活在一个自我封闭的世界，这个世界充满了矛盾与敌对。因此矛盾在她众多的自然诗歌中也是显而易见的。

本文将分析艾米莉•狄金森自然诗中的矛盾自然观。狄金森的自然是非富多彩的，有动植物，有日出日落，有四季变化然而她的自然观却是矛盾的。一方面，她热爱自然，敬畏自然，另一方面，她又害怕自然，畏惧自然。

毕业论文关键词：自然；矛盾；隐居；清教主义；超验主义

 Contents

1. Introduction 1

    1.1 Emily Dickinson and Her Poetic Achievements 1

    1.2 Literature Review 1

    1.3 Theme and Organization 3

    1.4 Contradiction: Universality and Particularity 5

2. Poems to Living Creatures 6

    2.1 Love for Nature 6

    2.2 Despair of Nature 7

3. Poems to Natural Scenes 9

    3.1 Natural Harmony 9

    3.2 Natural Disharmony 10