press her feelings of grief and pain so that she may find relief apart from despair. From the time when Emily Dickinson first began to write poetry until her last fading pencil marks on tattered bits of paper, the mystery of death absorbed her(Ford 18). At a casual glance through her poems and letters, she reveals numerous allusions to such subjects as eternity, immortality, infinity, God, and death. She was deeply concerned with religious values and eager to investigate the mystery of death and all of its ambiguities(18). Even though Dickinson could not find all of the answers to her questions on life and death as a whole, she found a way to block out the hurt and loneliness she felt inside. Writing poetry became her happiness and rejuvenated her spirit in a way that nothing else could. She could let go of all of her feelings inside that were just bursting to be heard. Emily Dickinson had finally found security in the midst of her fears-poetry!...
