etienne02 's review for:

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

5.0

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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.