Abstract:Emily Dickinson, one of the American literature pioneers in the 1830s, produced over 1700 poems featuring natural images throughout her entire life. Her thought-provoking poem I Tender My Flowers for Thee reflects a sharp contrast between ideal and reality, which has caught scholars’ attention and inspired in-depth interpretation of her works. Therefore, under the guidance of Embodied-cognitive linguistics, the paper studies the botany-related terms in I Tender My Flowers for Thee, explores deep connotation be… Show more
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