This thesis aims to investigate the relation between Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath through the lens of their depiction of chaos, death and mental illness. The two poets were alive in different centuries, yet they managed to describe similar thoughts about these themes or at times, very different ones. This is an analytical comparison of the symbols, motifs and beliefs of Dickinson and Plath while understanding their personal lives and how it affected their poems. The main focus is on drawing a connecting line between the two poets through their poems and their understanding of human emotions and the human psyche.