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Poems by Emily Dickinson

ruthlesss's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

ellestew's review against another edition

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2.0

I don’t think Emily comes across best in anthology reading.

exlibriskari's review against another edition

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3.0

2.5⭐️
I started reading this after watching the show “Dickinson” which I absolutely loved. I’m not a huge poetry person but the dark themes in Emily’s writing drew me in. I also found the glimpse into 19th century New England to be interesting.

95.
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - Too?
Then there’s a pair of us?
Don’t tell! they’d advertise- you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!
How public - like a Frog -
To tell ones name - the livelong June -
To an admiring Bog!

She even referenced Charlotte Brontë which was a nice surprise. It’s crazy to imagine the Brontës and Emily alive at the same time but living across the world from each other.
53.
All overgrown by cunning moss,
All interspersed with weed,
The little cafe of “Currer Bell”
In quiet “Haworth” laid.

Gathered from many wanderings-
Gethsemane can tell
Thro’ what transporting anguish
She reached the Asphodel!

Soft fall the sounds of Eden
Upon her puzzled ear-
Oh what an afternoon for Heaven,
When “Brontë” entered there!

viv03's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

vii_412's review against another edition

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3.0

”Surgeons must be very careful
When they take the knife!
Underneath their fine incisions
Stirs the Culprit - Life!”


Por fin he logrado terminar uno de los tres libros que inicié en abril. Entré en un mega bloque y la cuarentena no está ayudando mucho, a pesar de tener mucho tiempo libre, no me concentro en hacer una sola cosa y me está afectando en mis lecturas. Espero que haber terminado este poemario sea el inicio de mi reincorporación lectora

ginnygriggs_'s review against another edition

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3.0

Not the style I connect with most naturally, but there are some good ones in here.

hollyevaallen's review against another edition

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5.0

Great as usual. I never realized how much I love her rhythm. She drops you off in the middle of nowhere without a map of compass and expects you to find your way by interpreting the shape of a cloud. That’s what it feels like, anyway. I’m here for it.

1zzyleach's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

hannah_grace14's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Emily Dickinson is a wonderful genius 

sean67's review against another edition

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4.0

Third and final series of Dickinson poetry sees more similar poems, but this collection also seemed to be more focussed on eternity and the beyond.
This was probably the pick of the three series.
Dickinson always has something interesting to say in her poetry though, whether we hear it or not is another matter.