Emily Dickinson, “To make a prairie” (1755)
Looking out at the vast expanse of prairie, miles of wilderness and potential, is itself a reverie. It is, perhaps, the reverie, a surge of wonder at the mere h...
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Seamus Heaney, “Chanson d’Aventure” iii
The last lines of “Because I could not stop for Death” stand out, remarkable. How can one be haunted, terrified at any given moment, and still find ...
Emily Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for Death” (J 712)
Glen Thurow spoke about one of the first exercises he had at Williams College, an analysis of “Because I could not stop for Death.” I know I regarde...
Emily Dickinson, “Success is counted sweetest” (Franklin 112)
Let’s try, you and I, to get success. Right now. We’re going to define it, and once we define it, we’ll realize we have a bit more of it than ...
Emily Dickinson, “Away from Home are some and I” (821)
It has taken me some time to realize there are different sorts of profundities. I suspect I am not the only one who has fallen into the trap of holding wisdom c...