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Poems: Three Series, Complete (2000)

by Emily Dickinson(Favorite Author)

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review 1: While it is an excellent and thorough collection of Emily's poetry, I highly suggest you read it in small doses. Those who prefer some of her shorter verse or some of the more morbid stuff about death, should skip right to Book 3. Or if you prefer to skip around, use the superb Index which is organized by the first line of each poem.You should also understand the importance of this text for it is really where everything we know about Emily and her poetry stemmed from.Prior to her death, less than ten of Emily's poems had ever been published in newspapers and all anonymously. Emily instructed her sister Lavinia to burn all of her papers when she died, but upon discovering all these poems that Emily had written, Lavinia sought help in getting them published. She asked two of... more Emily's friends and family acquaintances to assist. They were Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson. This was a very daunting task as Emily's handwriting was hard to decipher, Todd was having a scandalous affair with Emily's brother, and there were almost two thousand poems to deal with.But they prevailed, and the three volumes in this series are the result of that task. This remains a very important text because it contains the introductions from Higginson and Todd themselves. While Todd's introduction to Series 3 is a bit short and bland (She was probably just ready to be done with it all), it remains the best volume in my opinion.Overall, this is a steal for the Dickinson lover on Kindle since it is free due to being in public domain, but get your hands on a hard copy if you can find one. It's worth adding to your library!
review 2: Sometimes I really start feeling that all poetry is the same, some random abstractness that depends on mood and shifting styles for popularity, rather than substance and quality. And then I read Emily Dickinson and realize that, no matter the mystery that surrounds her, the darkness of her life, the style of the times or how she captured the "national mood" Emily Dickinson just wrote amazing poetry. I don't know a lot about rhyme schemes or poetical forms, all I know is that, often with as few words as possible, Emily Dickinson paints a picture or lends an insight or just talks about life in a way that really moves me. She doesn't have to talk about grand historical events, or develop characters or even have lived a life that reflects her ideals, she just has to talk to me about life, death and nature and I become a better person, a more observant, quiet and appreciative person, because that's who her poems call me to be. less

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