![]() ![]() Most of what she wrote, though, couldn’t exactly be classified as “joyful.” And yet, somehow, when thinking about what brings me joy nowadays, she kept popping up in my mind. In fact, thematic diversity is one of the most interesting aspects of her poetry. ![]() ![]() She spent the vast majority of her life in the same room in her house, and most of that time she was either looking out her window at nature, writing poems or writing poetry about the nature she was looking at outside her window.ĭickinson’s poetry is many things. Her control of the English language is beyond remarkable, and the emotional power she can eke out of just a few words is astounding. She was, first and foremost, an absolute genius. So here I am.įor those who don’t know, Dickinson can primarily be identified in two distinct yet related ways. Green, who is really into Dickinson, introduced me to what has been my favorite poem since 2014 - “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers.” And since that was my favorite poem, I thought a class entirely about Dickinson might be kind of neat. I took a class this semester on Emily Dickinson for a very simple reason: I, like many people my age, was really into John Green in high school. ![]()
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