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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
I am not a huge poetry reader. Some of these poems I could connect to, some I couldn't.
The introduction by Rachel Wetzsteon was very interesting though!
I read this for @beccasbookopoly
The introduction by Rachel Wetzsteon was very interesting though!
I read this for @beccasbookopoly
original rating: 4 stars (2016)
I'm an idiot and I made my classics tbr shelf exclusive, so that's why this book has no rating.
I'm an idiot and I made my classics tbr shelf exclusive, so that's why this book has no rating.
There is so much to say about this book. I decided to read the works of Emily Dickinson after I saw her name everywhere for a couple of week. I saw quotes from her in a book, a book about her, her name mentioned in another, and so on. So I found this book and decided to read her works in English, because let’s be honest, translated novel can be alright but translate poetry... less sure. I read it in English even if this is not my first language and I knew that some part of the beauty of the poetry would be lost to me, I still feel I would get more of her works by reading it in its original writing. It was amazing! I find some poems or a couple of lines here and there, that really speak to me. Some of it did not have the same effect, but you can expect a book that big with so many poems to please you with every one of them. I loved the poetry, the writing, the subject and the writer, this is a case of a writer that is bigger then her works, with all the mysteries and all around her. Fascinating work and author that I would recommend to everyone you want to explore poetry.
Though I could never worship Dickinson's canon in its entirety as some do, there are select pieces that I have always found to be quite beautiful and profound.
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
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I've been dipping in and out of this all year, and I'm still not finished, strictly speaking.
I suspect I never will be. Nor do I ever want to be, because poetry unlike other literary forms is like songs - begging to be re-read, re-experienced, enjoyed over and over again.
I suspect I never will be. Nor do I ever want to be, because poetry unlike other literary forms is like songs - begging to be re-read, re-experienced, enjoyed over and over again.
Yes, I've read all of them. Twice. It was for a class though, so don't be too impressed. I've never been one for loving poetry, but my teacher's passion for Emily rubbed off on me a little bit. She wrote some truly beautiful, insightful poems.