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That I did always love,I bring thee proof:That till I lovedI did not love enough.That I shall love alway,I offer theeThat love is life,And life hath immortality. Dickinson from Apple TV+ inspired me to be here (the show is highly recommended (view spoiler)[ so gay (hide spoiler)]) :>. I'm glad I have read it. Emily Dickinson was brilliant and a genius.
It is truly beautiful how many quotes you can extract from her poems. I decided that she's my favourite poet of all times.
Emily Dickinson is my all-time favorite poet. I loved one of her nature poems that was including in an anthology I read often as a child. I will never forget the effect the following poem had on me the first time I read it, which was in college: Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just ourselvesAnd Immortality.We slowly drove, he knew no haste,And I had put awayMy labor, and my leisure too,For his civility.We passed the school where children played,...
One of my favorites was; “Some things that fly there be, —Birds, hours, the bumble-bee:Of these no elegy.Some things that stay there be, —Grief, hills, eternity:Nor this behooveth me.There are, that resting, rise.Can I expound the skies?How still the riddle lies!”
The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should be The will of its Inquisitor, The liberty to die.
Emily Dickinson: the handheld sublimeWords for no one but herself; most humble, chapped, resembling a pocket of careworn pennies. And in that: transcendence! Scene.
I don’t know why i JUST discovered her but i sure am about to read her other pieces of art
I reason, earth is short,And anguish absolute,And many hurt;But what of that?I reason, we could die:The best vitalityCannot excel decay;But what of that?I reason that in heavenSomehow, it will be even,Some new equation given;But what of that? To review Emily's poetry feels like a slight injustice. It is not meant to be explained, but pondered within yourself. As, I read her poems, moments of my life flashed by. Not what was happening in those moments, but what I felt then. I wonder how she does
Dickinson’s irony sometimes lights up what otherwise would be insipid poems on a romanticized nature and Puritan God.
Emily Dickinson's verse infects you like an unsuspecting bacterium. My thoughts realigned instinctively into strings of unbalanced rhythm, for a while, after I was done reading this volume and it was amusing and disarming at the same time. In a Library was the first of a long list of poems from this book, that I fell in an endearing love with. The last couple of stanzas read :"He traverses familiar,As one should come to townAnd tell you all your dreams were true;He lived where dreams were sown.H...
Emily Dickinson is one of my favorite poets. Her poems can be more spiritual than most, but she has very unique descriptions and how she sees the world. Her poems are very quick to read and are easy on the eyes. I can guarantee that will enjoy some of her poems! I will definitely be reading her second and third series!!
No wonder they call Emily Dickinson "one of the most important figures in American poetry". Filled with verses of varying length and themes, with a distinct, intelligent voice, Ms. Dickinson's poetry is not to be missed!! Highly, highly recommend. "Assent - and you are sane -Demur - you’re straightway dangerous -And handled with a Chain""You left me boundaries of painCapacious as the sea,Between eternity and time,Your consciousness and me.""Unto supremest name,Called to my full, the crescent dro...
I had no time to hate, becauseThe grave would hinder me,And life was not so ample ICould finish enmity.Nor had I time to love ; but sinceSome industry must be,The little toil of love, I thought,Was large enough for me. I have repeated from time to time on this site that I was not a big fan of 19th century literature as far as America and western Europe were concerned. That even someone who reads the classics like me found it out of my toleration. Well, even I can have exceptions and the poetry o...
Umm, there were a few that sparked me but since I know the history behind these poems, I think I'm a bit jaded. I think I need another book of her poems - ones that were not altered.
I never really consider Poetry books as 'read'. For me it is always and ongoing process of discovery. Take this book for example; I've had it for years but never really read through. I have my favorites though that I read over and over:THE heart asks pleasure first,And then, excuse from pain;And then, those little anodynesThat deaden suffering;And then, to go to sleep;And then, if it should beThe will of its Inquisitor,The liberty to die.
Mirth is the mail of anguish, In which it cautions arm, Lest anybody spy the blood And "You're hurt" exclaim!I had read two poems from 'Selected Poems' and decided that I have to read them all. After the first series I know it was the correct decision.Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for meSome of her thoughts, metaphors are priceless. A pure genius of feeling and observations.And somebody has lost the face That made existence home!I admit, not all of her poems were as brill...
I hide myself within my flower,That wearing on your breast,You, unsuspecting, wear me too--And angels know the rest.I hide myself within my flower,That, fading from your vase,You, unsuspecting, feel for meAlmost a loneliness.- VII
2.5(only because I’m too dumb to understand half the poems in here)
I must admit that reading this was my first real exposure to Emily Dickinson. Yes, I knew she was a famous poet, but I had never spent any time reading her work, nor could I identify any poem as belonging to her. But after having her mentioned repeatedly in another book I just read I decided to download a free e-book version of her poems.Poetry is such a unique writing style to me. I am not an expert on poetry, and poems either resonate with me, or they don’t. A poem could be a brilliant work of...
Some personal highlights:“Pain has an element of blank;It cannot recollectWhen it began, or if there wereA day when it was not.It has no future but itself,Its infinite realms containIts past, enlightened to perceiveNew periods of pain.”“A precious, mouldering pleasure ’t isTo meet an antique book”“Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just ourselvesAnd Immortality.”