The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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Book Reviews of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Book Review: After all this time...
Summary: 5 Stars
here is a voice undimmed. A voice so rare it's no wonder that the life lived behind it was as it was. Perfect voice, perfect life. Like others here, I too see there's no need to "review" a thing like Emily. I merely take this opportunity in this new medium to state that Emily lived in Gnosis...this is her mysterious subject. Here is where she becomes seemingly impenetrable...until you know her terms and her Terms, and then--she stands revealed as the Mystic she was and is.Book Review: I've had this book for 10 years now...
Summary: 5 Stars
And I still turn to it all the time. It is well-worn and well-read. There are newer editions of Dickinson's poetry, but this relatively compact book feels like an old friend. The use of language and phrasing is divine - so to speak. *smile* I cannot recommend this work enough.Meeting by Accident,
We hovered by design -
As often as a Century
An error so divine
Is ratified by Destiny,
But Destiny is old
And economical of Bliss
As Midas is of Gold -
Book Review: Restores What Should Never Have Been Tampered With At All
Summary: 5 Stars
The words of America's greatest nineteenth-century poet stand for themselves---when they are allowed to be read as written---so I'll offer no comment on them, merely say in all humility that I am glad to live in an era when Dickinson's poems are available to be read as she wrote them. If you're serious about wanting to read the life-altering works of this great, quiet voice, seek out this volume, or another that features her work in its original, purest form.Book Review: Unbelievable!
Summary: 5 Stars
*****
I can't believe that even though Dickinson was a prolific and brilliant private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime! It's harder still to believe that the work that actually was published during her lifetime was altered significantly by the publishers back then to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. It make you appreciate an anthology such as this.
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Book Review: One of the Best Poets Ever!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Emily Dickinson's poetry is truly fantastic!! She was able to show us that poetry doesn't have to be long and complicated to be beautiful. She shows how brevity and beauty can merge together to become one. Her poems also talk about universal emotions such as love, loss of love, heartbreak, death and other themes that concern us still today. If I could, I would give this collection ten stars!!!