This article examines three poems written by Guofang Zhu during his travels at the age of twenty-six: In Sertar, Hokkaido, and Lake Baikal. Focusing on geographical landscapes, existential consciousness, and emotional experience, it explores how the poems employ the religious imagery of Sertar, the tranquil scenery of Hokkaido, and the primal natural world of Lake Baikal. Together, the poems...
Emily Dickinson’s poetry presents a profound and complex meditation on the nature of time, which remains an underexplored facet of her work. Moving beyond the conventional binary of linear and cyclical time, this essay argues that Dickinson develops a stratified view of time. Through close readings of key poems, including “Because I could not stop for Death,” “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,”...