" For 10 points, name this American poet of "Because I could not stop for Death" and "I Heard a Fly Buzz
One of this author's poems notes that "Orpheus' Sermon captivated / It did not condemn" after calling the Bible "an antique volume / written by faded men." In other poems, this author asserted "after great pain, a formal feeling comes" and that "the Brain—is wider than the sky." This author "surmised the Horses Heads / Were toward Eternity" at the end of another poem, and compared hope to "the thing with feathers / that perches in the soul." For 10 points, name this American poet of "Because I could not stop for Death" and "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died."
One of this author's poems notes that "Orpheus' Sermon captivated /
Emily Dickinson