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annebennett1957's review against another edition
3.0
My first Emily Dickinson volume ever read. I found the forward helpful, written by Virginia Euwer Wolff but by in large I wasn't inspired by many of Dickinson's poems entire. Parts, not whole, caught my attention. The other thing I noticed, obviously I need to read more about the port's style, is that most poems were very, very similar in style. Unfortunately the volume I read had not returned to the style Dickinson preferred with lots of dashes and odd capitalization.
stellacman's review against another edition
Didn’t read the illustrated but it’s very fun... almost seussical
k6t6rin6's review against another edition
4.0
" Iako mogu živeti duže od Njega
On mora duže - no što ja smem -
Jer samo da ubijem imam moć,
Ali nemam - tu moć da mrem - " <33
On mora duže - no što ja smem -
Jer samo da ubijem imam moć,
Ali nemam - tu moć da mrem - " <33
queenkoko's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book and also bought 2 more Emily Dickinson poetry books for the wrong reason. The tv show.
The poetry itself? Kinda boring.
The poetry itself? Kinda boring.
fieldofhats's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
“The bee is not afraid of me,
I know the butterfly;
The pretty people in the woods
Receive me cordially.
The brooks laugh louder when I come,
The breezes madder play,
Wherefore, mine eyes, thy silver mists?
Wherefore, O summer’s day?”
Absolutely perfect for summer. Emily Dickinson is wonderful, as always, and this was a pretty good collection! A relatively short, pleasant read.
I know the butterfly;
The pretty people in the woods
Receive me cordially.
The brooks laugh louder when I come,
The breezes madder play,
Wherefore, mine eyes, thy silver mists?
Wherefore, O summer’s day?”
Absolutely perfect for summer. Emily Dickinson is wonderful, as always, and this was a pretty good collection! A relatively short, pleasant read.
rakishabpl's review against another edition
3.0
I don't like nor understand most poetry (that isn't written for children). I'm a lazy reader that way. I don't want to read something 3 to 5 times before I can understand it. Usually, if I want spare, I read plays. However, I found some of Emily Dickinson's poems sad yet beautiful and brimming with strength, and I understood them immediately.
"No rack can torture me,
My soul's at liberty.
Behind this mortal bone
There knits a bolder one
You cannot prick with saw,
Nor rend with scymitar.
Two bodies therefore be;
Bind one, one one will flee.
The eagle of his next
No easier divest
And gain the sky,
Than myest thou,
Except thyself may be
Thine enemy;
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty
"No rack can torture me,
My soul's at liberty.
Behind this mortal bone
There knits a bolder one
You cannot prick with saw,
Nor rend with scymitar.
Two bodies therefore be;
Bind one, one one will flee.
The eagle of his next
No easier divest
And gain the sky,
Than myest thou,
Except thyself may be
Thine enemy;
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty