Abiye Daniel, Advisor (PhD)Tesfaye, Kalkidan2021-08-252023-12-052021-08-252023-12-052021-01http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/27736This study is concerned with A Freudian Psychoanalytic analysis of selected English poems of two poets: namely Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath. This research focuses on how these poets communicate their conscious and unconscious thoughts through language choices. Therefore, the main purpose of this thesis is to explore the language use of the poets and find out which language choices convey meanings in all poems. In addition, the study will try to identify the themes each poem portrays. The other aim of this study is to reveal the effectiveness of the Freudian Psychoanalytic approach in bringing out meaning of the poems and arriving at valid interpretation of literary texts. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter serves as an introduction to the research work. The second chapters show different reviews and researches related to this study. The third chapter shows an overview of the concepts in focus and discusses the concept of Freudian psychoanalysis and basic frameworks of Freudian analysis. The last chapter deals with the actual analysis of the selected poems. Thus, the poems of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath will be analyzed against significant frameworks of Freudian theories to reveal the message they present as literary works and as reflections of the poets as well as to show the significant similarities and difference in the works of these poets. In the final section, which is the conclusion part, the findings of the researcher are briefly presented.en-USh A Freudian Psychoanalytic analysis of selected English poems of two poets:Thesis