Emily Dickinson has what may be the most distinctive voice in American poetry. Immediately recognizable, it is modest and intimate, often invoking an inviting sense of potentiality. And yet there’s a streak of wild darkness animating her verse as well, which, combined with an elliptical syntax, can bring the reader up short with mysterious evocations. She wasn’t writing about her life so much as she was writing about life.
Revolutionary in their originality, profound in their wisdom, thoroughly enjoyable in their brevity. They're also easy to memorize so you can impress people with your erudition without boring them
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