The Emily Dickinson Fan Club

Beren3000 · 10-12-2004, 04:40 PM

I have checked and there are no threads on that remarkable poet. So I thought I'd start this one.
Basically, it's meant to be a discussion thread where fans of Miss Dickinson can discuss a particularly difficult or ambiguous poem or just share their thoughts about an interesting one. I have been reading a collection of her poems recently and I found a lot of interesting stuff and I'll (soon) start the discussion off with one of her poems. Meanwhile, anyone is welcome to participate.
Any Emily Dickinson readers out there?

***Rían*** · 10-13-2004, 12:40 AM

Where would you recommend I start? I've never read anything of hers, and I like your taste in poetry! (we both loved Paradise Lost)

Beren3000 · 10-13-2004, 08:07 AM

You wouldn't necessarily like Emily D. if you liked PL. They fall under different categories. If you want to start with some Dickinson poetry, however, I'd recommend The Wordsworth Poetry Library book (the one I'm reading right now) called The Works of Emily Dickinson It has a biography and an intro. Even though it doesn't have all of her poems, it's still a good read.
As an appetizer, here's one of her famous poems:

Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense, the starkest madness.
'Tis the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent and you're sane.
Demur and you're straightaway dangerous
And handled with a chain.

The punctuation is probably wrong. Emily Dickinson was known for her idiosyncratic punctuation and her wild paradoxes.

***Fat middle*** · 10-13-2004, 10:28 AM

I like very much Dickinson's poetry. It is often very sad and she deals frequently with the topic of death, but I find it somehow heart-strengthening

***Fat middle*** · 10-13-2004, 10:29 AM

BTW, the second poem in your sig is the one quoted in Seabiscuit, doesn't it?

Beren3000 · 10-13-2004, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat middle

BTW, the second poem in your sig is the one quoted in Seabiscuit, doesn't it?

I wouldn't know. I've neither read the book nor watched the movie.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat middle

I like very much Dickinson's poetry.

So how about sharing one or two of your faves with us?

10-12-2004, 04:40 PM	#1
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	The Emily Dickinson Fan Club I have checked and there are no threads on that remarkable poet. So I thought I'd start this one. Basically, it's meant to be a discussion thread where fans of Miss Dickinson can discuss a particularly difficult or ambiguous poem or just share their thoughts about an interesting one. I have been reading a collection of her poems recently and I found a lot of interesting stuff and I'll (soon) start the discussion off with one of her poems. Meanwhile, anyone is welcome to participate. Any Emily Dickinson readers out there?

10-13-2004, 12:40 AM	#2
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Where would you recommend I start? I've never read anything of hers, and I like your taste in poetry! (we both loved Paradise Lost) __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

10-13-2004, 08:07 AM	#3
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	You wouldn't necessarily like Emily D. if you liked PL. They fall under different categories. If you want to start with some Dickinson poetry, however, I'd recommend The Wordsworth Poetry Library book (the one I'm reading right now) called The Works of Emily Dickinson It has a biography and an intro. Even though it doesn't have all of her poems, it's still a good read. As an appetizer, here's one of her famous poems: Much madness is divinest sense To a discerning eye; Much sense, the starkest madness. 'Tis the majority In this, as all, prevails. Assent and you're sane. Demur and you're straightaway dangerous And handled with a chain. The punctuation is probably wrong. Emily Dickinson was known for her idiosyncratic punctuation and her wild paradoxes. Last edited by Beren3000 : 10-13-2004 at 08:12 AM.

10-13-2004, 10:28 AM	#4
*Fat middle* Mootis per forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spain Posts: 61,439	I like very much Dickinson's poetry. It is often very sad and she deals frequently with the topic of death, but I find it somehow heart-strengthening __________________ Do not be hasty. That is my motto. Now we'll have a drink and go to the Entmoot.

10-13-2004, 10:29 AM	#5
*Fat middle* Mootis per forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spain Posts: 61,439	BTW, the second poem in your sig is the one quoted in Seabiscuit, doesn't it? __________________ Do not be hasty. That is my motto. Now we'll have a drink and go to the Entmoot.

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