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Emily dickinsons Poetry     In Emily Dickinsons Poetry she has a great interest with abbreviated encounters and transition states of mind.     Dickinsons depicts many of her brief encounters in great detail. Even if it was precisely a passing moment, Dickinson does non omit any aspect of her sightings. An lesson of a passing moment which she develops into great detail would be Dickinsons outset sighting of the razzing in A bird came down the move Here ED expands on the birds actions and strawmans. Her description of the bird in course takes up many lines. Instead of simply telling us the bird took flight, she elaborates on the beauty and grace of his flight. The actions of the birds are awe - inspiring to her.     And rowed him softer blank space Than oars divide the ocean.....     Dickinsons attitude to passing moments is quite complex, as she does not discover them simply as a passing moment tho an wonderworking descript ive event.     Another example of a passing moment would be in A narrow fellow in the grass In this poem Dickinsons keen observation of passing moments is distinctly observed. She notices every movement of the snake even though his movements are very sudden and fast. initially the snake is characterized as transient or passing swiftly. These movements appear to be very sudden but Dickinson goes into more detail and as a result the essential nature of the snake is clearly defined.     The grass divides as with a comb Whip lash wrinkled and was gone     The snakes brief passing expectms much longer to Dickinson whereas it was a very quick movement. By using he word Whiplash to describe the snakes actions we can see how sudden the experience must have been. She tells us how she was frightened to the encumbrance of her being     Without a tighter breathing And Zero at the bone     Dickinson does not treat this as a quick passin g moment but an experience, which she elaborates on. This aspect of her work also occurs in I felt a funeral in my brain An example of this would be her stream of consciousness which is clearly illustrated with Dickinson s urgent repetition of And