Thursday, May 20, 2010
While I had a hard time understanding some of Dickenson's highly crafted poetry, I enjoyed many of her poems. Her poetry is interesting and beautiful to read. I found the way she portrayed death (in #517) in a beautiful, almost romantic manner especially intriguing. A carriage ride was something sweethearts did together when they were courting someone they were in love with. In this poem, death is the companion on that carriage ride. I'm just amazed at how Dickenson makes something as sad and painful as death sound beautiful and peaceful and calm. It's truly a beautiful poem.
I also love the playfulness of #228. It's so interesting to read a poem like the last one and then read such a happy, almost silly, poem like this one. It brings to mind two children playing or a babysitter trying to have a fun night with her charges.
Her skills as a poet, and her ability to craft language amaze me. Her poems are exciting, interesting, and entrancing. The way she combines words and phrases and use of meter make for beautiful poetry. I've come to really love her poetry as we've studied it and discussed it in class. And for me, someone who didn't enjoy poetry at the beginning of the semester, that's a big step.
I also love the playfulness of #228. It's so interesting to read a poem like the last one and then read such a happy, almost silly, poem like this one. It brings to mind two children playing or a babysitter trying to have a fun night with her charges.
Her skills as a poet, and her ability to craft language amaze me. Her poems are exciting, interesting, and entrancing. The way she combines words and phrases and use of meter make for beautiful poetry. I've come to really love her poetry as we've studied it and discussed it in class. And for me, someone who didn't enjoy poetry at the beginning of the semester, that's a big step.
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