I died for beauty but was scarce

This poem uses Emily Dickinson's context to explore the concept of belonging seeing as she herself died for beauty.

It is suggested that the speaker did not compromise before his/her death however after being buried, he/she is able to develop a kinship with a fellow corpse... They talk into the night 'Until the moss had reached our lips', the word 'moss' may be symbolic of nature that they were consumed by before their death leaving them to become silent. This metaphor emphasises the suffering both speakers experienced for standing by their Art and integrity, however, in the end it is suggested that they are forgotten for the moss had covered up their names which represents their existence as unimportant to the society they had once lived in.