In the poem “It Wasn't Death For I Got Up…” by Emily Dickinson, Dickinson depicts a deep depression personal, a depression in which one's mind and emotions are in a state of chaos and despair. The depression is so overwhelming that she can't even understand its causes and must search for answers to move beyond her current state. Her depression is so deep that she avoids even naming it, relying instead on the use of "that" without a clear referent. Perhaps because she is unsure of her feelings, she never uses the word grief, anguish, or any other direct "name" to refer to her state of mind. Although she is not clear about the reason for her depression, the reader can feel and understand her emotions through the descriptions she uses. Misfortune and death are a common theme in Dickinson's poems, and in this particular poem it is the search for understanding of these themes that is important to the poet. The poem consists of six stanzas, each a quatrain. In the first three stanzas, each quatrain consists of two couplets in a coherent pattern of a first line of eight syllables followed by a line of six syllables. The formality of this structure adds to the solemnity of the subject and the poet's inability to understand his state. Emily Dickinson uses images of darkness and death to express the despair she feels and to seek to understand her anxious and chaotic state of mind. At the beginning of the poem, Dickinson continually repeats the phrase "It wasn't so" before expressing her emotion. Her use of parallelism adds rhythm to her lines, allowing the reader to have a more fluid understanding and emphasizing what she is trying to express. It is significant that Dickinson uses a negative parallel construction in the middle of a paper......stuck at "midnight" and which will be in infinite darkness unless she finds the cause. not death, for I rose…”, takes us into a world of depression that can only be expressed through poetry. Facing internal – and external – questions about loneliness and self-loathing, Dickinson's poem is a moving testimony that laments these particular states of emotion and despair. We can neither explain nor understand the depth of what she feels. His images of darkness and death, as well as his specific metaphors and poetic devices allow the reader to enter into his chaotic state of mind. Although she admits the impossibility of understanding her emotions, through her writing the reader can understand her confusion, despair and anguish. If we also experience depression, we may not find comfort in his words, but we can rest a little knowing that we are not alone..