This enthralling collection contains more than 400 poems that were published between 1886 (the year of Emily Dickinson's death) and 1900 which express her concepts of life and death, of love and nature.
Who but Dickinson would write of a “ beryl apron ” ( in “ It sounded as if the streets were running " ) , " winds ” that are " prosy " ( " I held a jewel in my fingers ” ) , and winter becoming “ An infinite Alas ” ( “ The Dandelion's ...
Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America.
Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America.
The future is another 'place' where the poet imagines she may belong. In this poem the future is conveyed through the metaphor of a page, which is the gateway to literary immortality, even though the influence may be harmful: 'We may ...
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Today, Dickinson stands in the front rank of American poets. This enthralling collection includes more than four hundred poems that were published between Dickinson's death and 1900.